• Question: Is it possible to live on Mercury?

    Asked by anon-191688 to Kathryn, Graeme, Anne, Agnes, Adam on 7 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Anne Green

      Anne Green answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      It would be very hard, maybe impossible.

      Mercury is very close to the Sun and doesn’t have an atmosphere. This means that during the day it’s very hot (roughly 400 degrees C) and during the night it’s very cold (-200 degrees C).

    • Photo: Kathryn

      Kathryn answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      It would be difficult the temperature along and also the atmosphere is not that good and much lower pressure then on earth.

      Its a very interesting planet just not for us to live on.

    • Photo: Agnes Wojtusiak

      Agnes Wojtusiak answered on 8 Nov 2018:

      Not if you like to breathe!

    • Photo: Graeme Poole

      Graeme Poole answered on 8 Nov 2018:

      No because it’s soooo hot (over 400 degrees) and there is no atmosphere to breathe. Mercury is also so close to the Sun that the radiation would kill you very quickly – though you’d get a nice sun tan

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