Mercury

You’ll love the sunrise…

 

               

     Visitors to this destination are in for a real treat.  You’ve never seen the sun rise like this before.  First the sun appears on the horizon and then increases in apparent size.  Then it appears to actually go backwards in the sky before moving forward again.   All while the stars are moving three times faster than what you are used to.

Statistics

orbit:    57,910,000 km (0.38 AU) from Sun
 
diameter: 4,880 km
 
mass:     3.30e23 kg
 
gravity: 38% of Earth’s
 
day:  174 Earth days
 
year:  59 Earth days