Mercury Analysis

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See orbit - Solar System Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto (dwarf planet), Eris (dwarf planet)
Moons: The Moon, Phobos, Deimos, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Enceladus, Miranda, Nereid
Various: Halley's Comet, Proxima Centuari d, Proxima Centuari b, Gliese 667 Cc, TRAPPIST-1d, Custom Orbit
Diagram of the orbit with the body being orbitted shown as a dot within the ellipse.

Sun at Average Distance *

 
1.38 ° Visible Diameter
257 % Average Sun Visual Diameter

Total Solar Irradiance

667.4 % Earth Average Solar Power (Solar Constant)
9083.83 W/m2

* Average Distance
using Semi-Major Axis

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Mercury

Classification: Planet
Orbits: Sun
Xalyse.com Analysis System

Orbital Period

88 days, 0.241 years
 
Earth

 
Mercury


Surface Gravity (at mean Radius)

37.7 % Standard Gravity, 3.702 m/s/s
Earth / Mercury Surface Gravity Ratio:
Earth's Gravity is 2.6 X Mercury Gravity
(using Mercury mean radius, and Earth standard gravity)

Escape Velocity (at mean Radius)

38 % Earth Escape Velocity, 4.25 km/s,
15299.65 km/h, 9506.762 mph, 4249.903 m/s,
(using Mercury mean radius, and Earth escape velocity at mean radius)

Properties

38.3 % Earth (mean) Diameter
Mass: 0.055 X Earth Mass
Eccentricity: 0.20563
Data input Source: Wikipedia
Xalyse Analysis System by: RL / JL
Aphelion: 0.4667 AU, 69816888 km
Perihelion: 0.3075 AU, 46001212 km


 
Sun at Aphelion
1.14 ° Visible Diameter
213 % Average Sun Visual Diameter

Aphelion Total Solar Irradiance

459.2 % Earth Average Solar Power (Solar Constant)
6249.44 W/m2

 
Sun at Perihelion
1.73 ° Visible Diameter
324 % Average Sun Visual Diameter

Perihelion Total Solar Irradiance

1057.7 % Earth Average Solar Power (Solar Constant)
14395.39 W/m2


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Mercury Surface Conditions - Falling Time

Xalyse.com Mean Radius Gravity Analysis System

Surface Gravity (at mean radius): 3.7016 m/s/s, 37.7 % Earth Standard Gravity

Earth / Mercury Surface Gravity Ratio:
Earth's Gravity is 2.6 X Mercury Gravity
(using Mercury mean radius, and Earth standard gravity)
Safe Fall Height: 2.6 X Safe Earth Fall Height

Time for object to Fall 1m on Mercury (at mean radius): 0.74 seconds

Time for object to Fall 0.61 m, 2 ft on Earth: 0.35 seconds
Impact Speed of falling 0.61 m, 2 ft on Earth: 3.46 m/s, 12.45 km/h, 7.73 mph

Height on Mercury to fall same speed of falling 0.61 m, 2 ft on Earth:
1.62 m, 5.3 ft
Time for object to Fall 1.62 m, 5.3 ft (at mean radius) on Mercury:
0.93 seconds
Impact Speed of falling 1.62 m, 5.3 ft on Mercury: 3.46 m/s, 12.45 km/h, 7.73 mph

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Additional Information

Semi-Major Axis: 57909050 km, 0.387 AU
Semi-Minor Axis: 56671522.5 km, 0.37883 AU, 97.9 % of Semi-Major-Axis
Eccentricity: 0.20563, Linear Eccentricity: 11907838 km, 0.0796 AU

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About

This tool allows you to see the orbit of specific planets, moons and comets.

Click a link in the "See orbit" section at the top of the page, or go to the Space Section to see other orbits.

For planets the orbit around the sun is shown.

For moons, the orbit around the planet is shown.

The following data is sourced from Wikipedia for various planets, moons and comets:

  • Semi-major axis *
  • Eccentricity
  • Orbital period
  • Host star radius
  • Host star luminosity
  • Mass
  • Mean radius
  • Equatorial radius
  • Atmosphere Composition

From this data this tool calculates things such as:

  • The orbital diagram
  • Apoapsis / aphelion
  • Periapsis / perihelion
  • Visible Diameters of host star (e.g Sun visible diameter) at different positions of orbits
  • Total solar irradiance at different positions of orbits
  • Surface gravity at mean radius or equatorial radius
  • Equivalent heights to produce the same falling speed on Earth
  • Falling time for specific heights
  • Falling speed for specific heights

* Io and Europa semi-major axis simply calculated from average of periapsis and apoapsis.

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Created by: RL / JL
Last Updated: 2023/06/03

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