What is the atmosphere in mercury made of?

Answer 1

42% Molecular oxygen

29.0% sodium

22.0% hydrogen

6.0% helium

0.5% potassium

Trace amounts of argon, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, water vapor, xenon, krypton, & neon

Answer 2

Mercury's atmosphere is composed mainly of oxygen, sodium, hydrogen, helium, and potassium. However, the atmosphere on Mercury is extremely thin compared to Earth's atmosphere, making it very tenuous.

Answer 3

All of that swirling orange and yellow and white IS the atmosphere. Astronomers think that inside that atmosphere as a dense, solid core that has such a massive gravity that it holds in that 30 mile thick atmosphere.

Answer 4

There is no atmosphere in Mercury due to the the combination of two factors:

1) Due to the high average temperature on Mercury makes individual molecules of the atmosphere move very fast.

2) The low gravity (to be more precise: escape velocity) makes it easy for molecules in the atmosphere to escape. In summary, if any atmosphere develops on the planet (for example, something leaking out of the ground), it won't last long.

Answer 5

"Meteor" is, technically speaking, a body burning up in Earth's atmosphere. It's kind of silly to talk about it having its own atmosphere at that point; it is, however, surrounded by hot gasses, part of which is Earth's atmosphere and part of which is vaporized meteor.

Answer 6

Mercury's gravity is too weak to hold on the an atmosphere for any length of time. Instead it has an exosphere containing hydrogen, helium, oxygen, sodium, calcium, potassium. The composition is not stable as atoms are continually being lost, and replenished in a variety of ways.

Answer 7

mercury has almost no atmosphere only a thin layer of helium and sodium gas.

Answer 8

Mercury has a very thin exosphere made up of atoms that come from solar radiation. it contains helium, hydrogen, sodium, calcium, and oxygen.

Answer 9

The atmosphere of Mercury consists of helium, oxygen, hydrogen and very small amounts of magnesium, calcium, potassium and sodium. The atmosphere of Mercury has virtually no gravity.

Answer 10

yes it's called hydrogen and helium.