By night the temperature is -175oC, by day 340oC. It spins itslef 58.6 days and rounds the Sun 87.97 days. It rounds the Sun with speed of 48km per second. Its gravity force is 38% Earth's gravity.
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| The nearest planet to the Sun is Mercury. It is hard for us to view the planet of Mercury from the Earth, because of the Sun's glare. Spacecraft have shown us an airless world of barerock, pitted with craters. By night the temperature is -175oC, by day 340oC. It spins itslef 58.6 days and rounds the Sun 87.97 days. It rounds the Sun with speed of 48km per second. Its gravity force is 38% Earth's gravity. |
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