Hey my readers and welcome to another post. For today's post I will be talking about Space.
Here are some questions that I have to answer.
What are two reasons Mercury lost most of its atmosphere: Mercury has lost its atmosphere because the smaller that planet is the weaker the gravity is to hold the planet. Another reason why Mercury has lost most of its atmosphere is because its closer to the sun and the sun melts the atmosphere.
Compare how close Mercury and the earth are to the sun: Mercury is closer to the sun than Earth is.
Mercury's distance from the sun: 54.161 million km
Earth's distance from the sun: 147.91 million km
How much Mass does Mercury and Earth have:
The amount of Mass Mercury has: 6.39
Earths amount of Mass: 5.972
How does not having an atmosphere affect the temperature on Mercury.
Mercury is both hot and cold and the temperature can reach up to (800 F)
Bonus questions: where do the names Mercury and Whiro come from? What are some names for the planet:
There are many Maori names for many different planets. Whiro is Mercury.
Other names for other planets are ( Kopu for Venus) (Tawera for the morning star and Meremere-tu-ahiahi as the evening star. (Earth as Te Ao and last but not least Marama for the Moon.
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