A year on Mercury lasts only 59 days. A day is measured from
sunrise to sunrise. On Mercury, the time between one sunrise
and the next is 180 Earth days.
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Facts About Mercury |
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Rotational Period: 58.6 Earth days | ||
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Volume(Earth=1): 0.056 | ||
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Density(Water=1): 5.43 | ||
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Temperature at surface: -180�C to +430� | ||
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Mercury Statistics |
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Distance from the sun: 57.9 mkm | ||
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Orbital velocity: 47.89 km/s | ||
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Year length: 87.9 days | ||
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Diameter: 4,878 km | ||
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Mass: 0.0558 Earth-mass | ||
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Satellites: 0 | ||
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Last revised: 01 November 2000
