Can you see the Sun from Mercury?

Answer 1

From the orbit of Venus, it would appear considerably larger than from Earth.

However, based on the few images sent back from the planet by robot landers, the thick clouds around Venus mean that the Sun is never seen from the surface, except possibly as a brighter area of the sky.

Answer 2

Much larger than it appears on earth. Actually 2-1/2 times larger than the sun appears in the sky on earth. (the moon and sun appear the same size in the sky on earth, so it is much easier to look at the moon to get an idea of size) )

Answer 3

Mercury is .4 astronomical units from the sun (Earth is 1 by definition). We can determine how much larger the sun would appear from the surface of Mercury than from earth using trigonometry.

From earth's surface the sun subtends an angle of about half a degree. So tan(0.5°) = E. E works out to 0.0087. From an object four tenths the distance of earth the sun would subtend an angle of 1.2 degrees. In other words, the sun would appear two and a half times as wide, encompassing 6 times the area of how it appears from Earth. Using the inverse square law, the sun would also appear 6 times brighter from Mercury.

Answer 4

Yes, you can see the Sun from Mercury as it does not have an atmosphere to block the view. However, because Mercury rotates so slowly, a day on Mercury (one rotation) is about 59 Earth days, so the same side of Mercury always faces the Sun.

Answer 5

Yes, and the Sun will appear much larger and brighter because Mercury is so much closer to the Sun.

Answer 6

For one, their size. The sun is MANY times larger than the planet Mercury. Another would be their astrological makeup. The sun is a star and Mercury is a planet.

Answer 7

I'm sure you could, since we can see all from here.

Answer 8

enough to make you go blind

Answer 9

Very big.