A year is shorter than a day?

Posted on September 5, 2012 by

One day on the planet Mercury is two times as long as its year.

Why? Mercury rotates really slowly but revolves around the sun in just under 88 days.

So then how often would a person celebrate their birthday on Mercury??

(fyi, my sources for these fun facts come from all over the web. I don’t own ‘em!)

About terriponce

I write suspense about past lives and second chances.
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One Response to A year is shorter than a day?

  1. Sharon Clare says:
    September 5, 2012 at 6:09 pm

    I’d say once in daylight and once in the dark every day. Imagine those long sunshiny days! (escape to Venus at night-time?)

    Fun post, Terri!

    Reply

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