Mercury
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Mercury circles the sun in only 88 days,
compared to 365 days for Earth, at an
average speed of 107,088 miles
(172,341 kilometers) per hour.
A day on Mercury is 58.646 Earth
days or 1407.5 hours long while a
day on Earth is 23.934 hours long.
A year on Mercury is about
88 Earth days long.
Mariner 10 was
launched on
November 3, 1973
and it arrived at
Mercury on March
29, 1974.
Mercury has an extremely thin
atmosphere which is made up of
atoms blasted off its surface by the
solar wind, a constant stream of
particles coming from the outer
layer of the sun.
Recent radar data shows
that water ice may exist in
the bottoms of craters at
Mercury's poles
From Mercury the sun would
appear to be about 2 1/2
times larger than it appears
from Earth.
How long is a year on mercury
A)87 days
B)65days
C)88 days
D)365 days
A day on Mercury is –
A)58.6
B) 65
C) 45
D) 89
Is there water on mercury
A)No
B) yes
From Mercury the sun would
appear to be aboutA)2 ¾ times bigger
B) 2 ½ times bigger
C) 1 ½ times bigger
When was mariner
10m launchedA)November 3 1973
B) November 4 1974
C) December 10 1973
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ercury.shtml