Mercury rotates on its axis three times for every two orbits it completes around the Sun. This means that Mercury completes approximately 1.5 rotations in a 24-hour Earth day.
The length of day on Mercury is 58.646 Earth days. That's the rotation time, which is the sidereal day, but there's also the solar day. The solar day on Mercury is 176 Earth days.
The planet Mercury has a day that is almost the same length as its year. Mercury's rotation period is about 59 Earth days, which is very close to its orbital period around the Sun of about 88 Earth days. This means that one day on Mercury is almost as long as one year on Mercury.
There are 59 (Earth) days in a day on Mercury. That is 1416 hours. * * * * * If you are going to go down to the level of hours, make sure the figure for days is sufficiently precise. A mercury day (sidereal rotation period) is 58.646 earth days = 1407.5 hours. However, because of Mercurys slow rotation, one full day - sunrise to sunrise takes two Mercury years. So a full day is 87.9691 x 2 = 175.9382 Earth days or 4,222.5168 hours A daylight day is one Mercury year or 2,111.2584 Hours ravenjaja:there are 1416 hours in a day on mercury.believe us. :)
88 earth days * * * * * Actually, that is a Mercury year! A mercury day is 58.64 earth days.
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Mercury has essentially no atmosphere, which means that, while the day is extremely hot, it cannot hold onto that heat at night. Both day and night on Mercury are very long, with a single day-night cycle lasting 176 Earth days.
Mercury rotates on its axis three times for every two orbits it completes around the Sun. This means that Mercury completes approximately 1.5 rotations in a 24-hour Earth day.
Mercury has a very strange behaviour. Its spin:orbit ratio is 3:2 and this means that one day on mercury last two mercury-years! This is equivalent to 176 days on earth.
You are probably thinking of Mercury which revolves around the Sun in 59 days. The word 'rotate' means turning on its axis. We call that a day. The Earth rotates in one day or 24 hours. Mercury rotates (its day) in 176 Earth days. Mercury is really interesting because its day is almost 3 Mercury Years long.
one day on mercury is approximetly 10 secends. one year on mercury is 80 days.
59 Earth Days(58.646day) equal to a mercury day.
The length of day on Mercury is 58.646 Earth days. That's the rotation time, which is the sidereal day, but there's also the solar day. The solar day on Mercury is 176 Earth days.
The planet Mercury has a day that is almost the same length as its year. Mercury's rotation period is about 59 Earth days, which is very close to its orbital period around the Sun of about 88 Earth days. This means that one day on Mercury is almost as long as one year on Mercury.
There are 59 (Earth) days in a day on Mercury. That is 1416 hours. * * * * * If you are going to go down to the level of hours, make sure the figure for days is sufficiently precise. A mercury day (sidereal rotation period) is 58.646 earth days = 1407.5 hours. However, because of Mercurys slow rotation, one full day - sunrise to sunrise takes two Mercury years. So a full day is 87.9691 x 2 = 175.9382 Earth days or 4,222.5168 hours A daylight day is one Mercury year or 2,111.2584 Hours ravenjaja:there are 1416 hours in a day on mercury.believe us. :)
It's Mercury or Venus depending on whichthe definition of "day "you mean.
88 earth days * * * * * Actually, that is a Mercury year! A mercury day is 58.64 earth days.