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Planet Mercury

The planet closest to the sun and the smallest one in our solar system.

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Assuming that you could survive in outer space without a space suit would it be possible to drink using a straw explain y or why not?

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No. The action of a drinking through a straw is that you suck the air out of the straw, and the air pressure on the outside of the cup them pushes the liquid up the straw. If there were no air pressure on the surface of the liquid, then there wouldn't be anything to cause the liquid to rise.

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1. If there were no air pressure, the liquid would boil and vaporize; there wouldn't be any liquid to drink.

2. In weightlessness, you can't suck water through a straw even IN atmosphere; the liquid forms globules under the influence of its own surface tension. On the Space Station, the astronauts drink from sealed bulbs; sort of like juice pouches. You squeeze the pouch to push the liquid into your mouth.

How long does it take Murcury to go around the sun?

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It takes Mercury 88 earth days to orbit the Sun.

Is Mercury the planet farthest from the sun?

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Quite the opposite, it is the closest planet to the sun. The farthest planet from the sun is Neptune.

How many spacecraft have visited Neptune?

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Only one through 2009. The Voyager 2 probe visited Neptune in 1989, having previously passed Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. Voyager 2 took the first close-up photos of the Neptunian moon Triton and discovered 5 new inner moons.

How do Jupiter's density and period of rotation compare to Earth's?

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Jupiter is less dense and has a shorter period of rotation.

What are the simmeralities between Saturn and mercury?

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Mercury has 0 moons and Saturn has 67 moons.

How many planets don't have rings around them and which are they?

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4 out of the 8 planets. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

What is the distance from mercury to earth in km?

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Depending on where Mercury is relative to the Earth as the two planets orbit the sun, the distance from Mercury to Earth varies from 77.3x106km and 221.9x106km.

Is the planet mercury and the element mercury the same thing?

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No, the planet Mercury is just called Mercury. The element Mercury (Hg) is a chemical element and has nothing to do with the naming of the planet Mercury.

Why is mercury never seen overhead at midnight in earths sky?

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Answer An observer standing on the surface of Mercury and looking up (but not at the sun) would see a black sky because Mercury has no atmosphere to scatter incoming light. food yum

How are mercury and earth's moon similar?

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Both the planet Mercury and the Moon are heavily cratered. There is little erosion because neither has a real atmosphere, or liquid water, or large scale geologic activity such as volcanoes.

This also means that the Moon has the same large temperature variations as Mercury (extremely hot in the sunlight, frigidly cold at night), but not to the same extremes as on Mercury. A location on the Moon will experience 14 Earth days of sunlight followed by 14 days of night. For Mercury, this period is 88 Earth days in the Sun followed by 88 days facing away.

What is planet mercury's poison?

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There is nothing particularly toxic on the planet Mercury. The element mercury, which has nothing to do with the planet, can cause nerve damage.

How would a person get choked in Mercury?

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Yes, because Mercury doesn't have much atmosphere and air to support life, and Mercury is to hot to live on

When and who discovered mercury planet?

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Mercury has been observed for thousands of years, as early as the time of the Babylonians, who mentioned it in writing some 3000 years ago. The exact person who first discovered the planet has been lost to time, and is therefore indeterminate.

What date was Mercury discovered?

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There is no actual date of when the planet Mercury was discovered. The planet was first recorded by a Babylonian astrologer but it was called Apollo then.

Minor gases on mercury?

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There are several minor amounts of gases located on Mercury, Examples include methane and krypton. Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System.

What is the direction of mercury's rotation?

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Mercury, just as Earth rotates alone its axis. The spin is from left to right along this axis with one rotation lasting nearly 176-days on Earth. Needless to say it is a very slow spin in comparison.

On mercury a sunrise would occur how often?

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It depends on where you're standing on the planet.

None - if you're standing on the poles : the Sun always remains on the horizon.

Twice - if you're standing near the 90° meridians (east and west), and other meridians too at high latitude.

Once - elsewhere.

Are there any rings around Pluto?

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No rings have been observed around Pluto.
So far rings have only been observed around Jovian Giant planets, like Saturn. Pluto is a dwarf planet, not a Jovian planet.

Does Mercury have valleys or mountains?

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no its like a dead planets

What makes Mercury hot?

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It is the closest planet to the Sun. Real close.