The biggest temperature differences are on Mercury. At night it is freezing, as low as -185 degrees celsius. However, in the day time it is boiling. At up to 425 degrees celsius.
Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the Sun, making a year short. However, one day on Mercury would be 176 Earth days!!
On Mercury you would only weigh 12 kilograms.
Mercury is named after the Roman messenger god because the planet moves so quickly across the sky.
That's very interesting, Ollie. Mercury is a very hot place in the daytime. I found out that during the day, the temperature would be hot enough to melt lead.
ReplyDeleteIt would be great to see pictures of all these planets that you're learning so much about.
If I would only weigh 12kg on Mercury, would I look slimmer or would I look the same?
ReplyDeleteI think you would look just lovely.
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