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Does the sun rise twice on mercury?
Only near the 90° meridians and at high latitudes also at all the meridians.
How long does one mercury day take?
58.65 Earth daysIt depends. The orbit of mercury is very elliptical. this means that at times in it's orbit is is going faster (and nearer) the Sun than at other times. This changing speed means that when Mercury is closest to the Sun it is moving faster than it is rotating. This leads to an interesting phenominon.From a certain point on Mercury you would see the Sun rise in the east, apear to slow down and then go backwards and set again in the east. Only to rise in the east again move across the sky and set in the west. All in one day. Elsewhere on Mercury you would see the Sun set in the west and then rise from the west,then set again or you would see it rise in the east, change direction twice, and the set in the west.
Which orbits the sun at nearly twice the speed of the earth?
Mercury
Why is Mercury harder to see from earth?
mercury is hard to see from the earth because it is so close to the sun. it is best to view mercury either at sun rise or sun set.
What twice daily event would cause water levels to rise?
Tides, caused by the gravitational forces of the moon and sun on Earth, cause water levels to rise and fall twice every day. This phenomenon is known as high tide.
What is one interesting feature of mercury?
Because of the periods of Mercury's orbit and spin, a year (complete orbit around the sun) on Mercury is about 88 Earth days long, while a day (time for the Sun to appear in the same place in the sky) is twice that length, at about 176 Earth days long.
Which planet would the sun rise most frequently?
Mercury would experience the most frequent sunrises, as it has a day length of about 176 Earth days due to its slow rotation. This means that the sun would rise on Mercury every 88 Earth days, which is half of its orbital period around the Sun.
Which planet rotates 1.5 times as it orbits the sun?
Mercury rotates once every 58.6 Earth days, and orbits the Sun in about 88 Earth days.The result is that Mercury's "solar day" is about 176 Earth days, twice as long as its year.
What side does the sun rise on mercury?
As with Earth, the sun on Mercury rises in the east and sets in the west. Mercury has a very long solar day though. Mercury takes 88 days to go around the sun, so its year is 88 solar days. It spins very slowly on its axis though, once every 58.6 days relative to background stars. A solar (apparent) day on Mercury takes 176 days, because of this slow spin relative to the time taken to orbit. For Venus, the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. Venus has a very long solar day as well, due to the the chracteristics of its orbit and axial spin.
How long does it take for mercury to go from sun rise to night fall?
100 hours
How hot does it get on planet Mercury?
Mercury's temperatures can drop to as cold as 100 K (-279.4) at night, but rise to as high as 700 K (800.6 F) during the day. This is due to the fact that Mercury has no atmosphere. Because of this, it experiences the full force of the Sun during the day and the extreme chill of the universe at night.
How many hours does it take for mercury to orbit the sun?
Mercury takes 87.97 days to orbit the Sun, and there are 24 hours in a day.
