Questions about Mercury, the first planet from Earth's sun. Also the smallest major planet in the Solar System.
Questions tagged [mercury]
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Can Mercury's core "boil over" if it gets to close to the Sun?
I was reading about how Mercury's core makes up most of the volume of the planet. I'm guessing this is both because of the small size and the distance to the Sun. If Mercury got too hot could it completely "liquidify"? Would it join the Sun and…
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What are those long, smooth, longitudinally-opposing areas from pole to pole on Mercury?
Look at this model and spin it - Mercury 3d model
Are those artifacts of stitching together images, or does Mercury really have these opposing, huge pole to pole lines of smoothness?
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What is the highest point on Mercury?
Continuation of "Gravity on Mercury's highest elevation?"
Because when you Google that, you see "Caloris Montes" which is actually a mountain range consisting of mountains 1-2km tall from base to peak (Wikipedia). However, the previous question…
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Why is Mercury visible
How is it possible that Mercury can be seem from Earth if it is such a small planet, it has the lowest albedo of any planet, and it is so close to the Sun?
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Can a human land on Mercury?
Can a human in a normal astronaut suit designed for the moon, land on Mercury and walk on it's surface. If not what would happen to him/her?
