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 Mercury


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Mercury is a baked world with temperatures rising above 800 Degrees F. This little planet got the name Quick Silver due to its fast revolution around the sun, about 88 Earth days.


Mercury: Animation

Quick Facts

Mass 

10*10^23 Kg 

Rotation Period 

58.65 Earth days

Revolution Period 

87.97 Earth days

Diameter 

4878 Km

Distance From the Sun 

0.387 AU

Tilt of Axis 

0 Degrees 

Orbit Eccentricity 

0.206 from normal

Maximum Surface Temperature 

800 Degrees F

Minimum Surface Temperature 

-278 Degrees F

Moons 

None 


On Mercury you would weigh only...

Calculation: Your Weight/9.8 (Gravity on Earth). Then Multiply by 3.7.


Mercury: Passport If you want to lose weight come to Mercury!


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