Mercury has the widest tempter range than any other planet or moon known in the universe due to mecury been 28.6 million miles to 43.4 million miles away from the sun.
2007-12-21 01:00:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
i said the planet that was known in the universe and it is
2007-12-21 01:08:27 · update #1
O. K., here it goes, (sic).
Mercury has no atmosphere to carry heat from the sunlit side to the 'Dark Side' (no pun intended). The poles are constantly in the dark, and the planet DOES rotate on it's axis, (ALL planets do.) it's just that 3 of it's days are equal to 2 of it's years. (For every two rotations around the sun, it experiences three days.) So, eventually EVERY part of it's surface will experience 800 degree+ heat, while the dark side will drop down to less than minus 350 degrees. The poles are not at this time known to have a tilt in them (like the Earth does,) so at the absolute pole, will never see sunlight.
The following is me being facetious:
(I'm sure that there are some places on it's surface that would make Death Valley look like a Japanese Rose Garden!)
No air, searing heat, cryogenic cold, brightest daytime light, darkest nighttime dark. Beautiful place for a vacation to get away from it all!
2007-12-21 02:59:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is true at least for our Solar system. Day side temperatures exceed 800 degrees Fahrenheit, while the night side drops to below -300 degrees Fahrenheit. Mercury thus experiences 1,100 degree swings in temperature during the course of each Mercurian day. Some hot Jupiters have been found that experience even greater swings in temperature, but even their night sides are well over 1,000 degrees because of winds spreading heat captured by the dayside around the globe.
2007-12-21 09:22:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There could be billions of planets in this galaxy alone. Since we only know about a few hundred that statement has no validity. It is only true for this solar system. Since it is extremely likely to be wrong I´d skip the phraze "in the universe".
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2007-12-21 09:04:47 · answer #3 · answered by DrAnders_pHd 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mercury does have the widest temperature
range, because like the moon to the earth,
one side always faces the primary, (the sun).
The 'day side` is quite hot, the 'night side` is
frigid.
2007-12-21 14:48:31 · answer #4 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your Temperature numbers are off quite a bit. The polar caps are sub zero, as cold as space can get due to them being in the shade all the time.
This was a recent finding.
2007-12-21 09:05:40 · answer #5 · answered by izzie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
true enough. mercury doesn't spin on its axis like the rest of the solar system planets do. so, one side perpetually faces the sun and its hellish temperatures. while its other side is close to freezing.
2007-12-21 09:05:11 · answer #6 · answered by sheikhlaodum 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i have no idea, why do you need to know that, wouldnt it stay the same teperature if it was that close to the moon?
2007-12-21 09:04:37 · answer #7 · answered by Angel 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i don't know i hate science all that crap it's amazing im getting and'a'
2007-12-21 09:04:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
no
2007-12-21 09:03:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋