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The same as Earth.
About the temperature of boiling water on Earth.
About the temperature of melting lead on Earth.
About the temperature of melting iron on Earth.
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Are similar to seasons on Earth.
Are more extreme than seasons on Earth.
Are almost non-existent(much less seasonal differences than on Earth).
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Run away "greenhouse" effect.
"ozone hole" that extends over the entire planet.
Burning of fossil fuels.
Closeness to the Sun.
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1% of the magnetic field of the Earth.
10% of the magnetic field of the Earth.
The same as the magnetic field of the Earth.
10 times the magnetic field of the Earth.
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The same as the Moon's revolution period around the Earth(27.3 days)
The same as Mercury's revolution period around the Sun(88.0 days)
2/3 of Mercury's revolution period around the Sun(58.67 days)
Tidal locking only occurs for the Moon's period around the Earth
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Mercury has almost no atmosphere.
The low escape speed(4.2 km/s) means it is difficult for any atmosphere to "stick" to the planet.
The heat of mid-day has "boiled away" the atmosphere.
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Complex craters
Basins
Highlands
Plains
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But less heavily cratered than the Moon.
But with light colored extensive "inter-crater plains" instead of dark colored "maria".
But with numerous ridges("scarps") in the crust.
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The same as Earth.
About the temperature of freezing water on Earth.
About the temperature of freezing carbon dioxide(dry ice) on Earth.
Somewhat warmer than the temperature of liquifying nitrogen on Earth.
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1 million years (comparable to early man on Earth).
1 billion years based on current estimates of surface weathering.
4 billion years using cratering age estimates as for our Moon.
4.6 billion years (shortly after the formation of the planet).
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Complex craters
Basins
Highlands
Plains
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Ocean tides on Mercury occur only once per day.
As with our Moon, only one "side" of Mercury faces the Sun.
As with our Moon, only one "side" of Mercury faces the Earth.
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