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At its hottest point, temperatures on Mercury can rise as high as 700 Kelvin (430 °C) for the regions directly facing the Sun. And its colder side can get down to 110 Kelvin (-163 °C). But the absolute coldest parts of Mercury are the shadowed parts of the planet's polar craters. These are regions that never see sunlight, and the Mercury surface temperature can get as low as 90 Kelvin (-183 °C).
The Mercury average surface temperature, when you even it all out, is 452 Kelvin (179 °C).
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What is the surface on mercury like?
Mercury's surface is rocky and heavily cratered, with some areas covered by smooth plains. There are also cliffs, ridges, and valleys on the surface due to tectonic activity and impacts from asteroids and comets. The temperature on Mercury's surface can vary greatly, ranging from extremely hot during the day to very cold at night.
What is the atmosphere and the temperature of mercury?
Mercury has no real atmosphere and the temperature on the surface is from 80,000 to 700,000 degrees.
Why is Earth not as hot as Mercury and Venus?
Earth is farther from the sun than Mercury and Venus, and so recieves kess energy from the sun. Compared with Venus, Earth also has a lot less carbon dioxide in its atmosphere, so it does not hold heat as easily. Since Mercury has almost not atmosphere to hold in heat, the night side of the planet is actually extremely cold.
Why is earth's surface different than mars and mercury?
Mainly because of the distance to the sun, which makes Mercury a lot warmer and Mars a fair bit colder. Mercury is too hot to have any running water, and Mars is too small to retain an atmosphere.
What is the size of mercury comparing to earth?
Mercury is about 30% the size of Earth.
What is so hot that the metal is liquid?
the sun mercury is a liquid metal at room temperature so it really depends on the metal. It would depend a lot on what metal. If the metal is mercury then the surface of Planet Earth is so hot that mercury is liquid.
Why is the surface of mercury covered with meteor impact craters while earth surface has relatively few craters?
Earth is a geologically active planet, the heat in its core moves the Earth's surface around and creates new oceans and mountains over time and these are eroded slowly by the processes going on in and caused by Earth's atmosphere. On Mercury there is no atmosphere and the planet no longer has a hot core causing its surface to be reworked, Thus the craters made in Earth's surface are erased over time while those on Mercury are not.
Is the earth crust hot?
The crust is the cool part of the Earth. It is the surface we live on. It should be at a comfortable temperature until it reaches down to the mantle, the next layer. That area will be hotter. Then at the center, is the core. That is the hot part of the Earth's interior. It is about 3500° C. Estimates vary from 2000 to 7000, but it is HOT!About 447 in Fahrenheit
Why is there no life on mercury but on earth?
Too hot and no atmosphere.
What is the surface on mercury like?
Mercury's surface is rocky and heavily cratered, with some areas covered by smooth plains. There are also cliffs, ridges, and valleys on the surface due to tectonic activity and impacts from asteroids and comets. The temperature on Mercury's surface can vary greatly, ranging from extremely hot during the day to very cold at night.
What is the atmosphere and the temperature of mercury?
Mercury has no real atmosphere and the temperature on the surface is from 80,000 to 700,000 degrees.
Why is Earth not as hot as Mercury and Venus?
Earth is farther from the sun than Mercury and Venus, and so recieves kess energy from the sun. Compared with Venus, Earth also has a lot less carbon dioxide in its atmosphere, so it does not hold heat as easily. Since Mercury has almost not atmosphere to hold in heat, the night side of the planet is actually extremely cold.
Why is earth's surface different than mars and mercury?
Mainly because of the distance to the sun, which makes Mercury a lot warmer and Mars a fair bit colder. Mercury is too hot to have any running water, and Mars is too small to retain an atmosphere.
What is the size of mercury comparing to earth?
Mercury is about 30% the size of Earth.
Are hot spots above or below Earth's surface?
Hot spots are located below Earth's surface. They are stationary points where magma from the mantle plume rises and creates volcanic activity. Over time, as tectonic plates move, hot spots can create chains of volcanic islands on the Earth's surface.
Why doesn't earth's surface resemble that of mercury?
There are a number of reasons. The key to it is that Earth has a substantial atmosphere while Mercury does not. Earth's atmosphere allows presence of liquid water, which in turn allows Earth to support life. Wind, water, and life are important forces in eroding and, in some cases, building Earth's surface features. Water also works its way into Earth's mantle, turning part of it into the sof asthenosphere, which no other known planet has. This, and Earth's hotter interior allows for plate tectonics, which slowly but continuously reshape Earth's surface. So Earth's surface ins constantly subjected to continuous change as old features are destroyed and new ones arise. Mercury has none of these traits, and its only substantial surface features are impact craters. With no active forces at work on Mercury, these craters will remain unaltered for billions of years.
How hot is the sun compared to earth?
the sun is about 10000 times hotter than earth
