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    Which planet has the widest temperature range of any planet in our solar system?

    Question #116606. Asked by armindasantana. (Aug 08 10 3:15 PM)


    gmackematix

    		Mercury is next to the sun so the surface heats up to 427 °C on the side facing the sun. As any atmosphere that might trap heat has long since boiled off the planet and planetary rock being a great insulator, the temperature drops to −183 °C on the side away from the Sun.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/solarsystem/sun_and_planets/mercury_(planet)

    Until 1965, it was believed that Mercury continually kept the same face towards the sun so many speculated that a habitable zone might exist between the two temperature extremes.
    http://www.projects.juliantrubin.com/science_fair_project/astronomy/alien_mercury_1.html


    Aug 08 10, 3:57 PM

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