A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days, but a year is only 88 Earth days.
Fact #7680
👍 0 · 👎 0
More Space Facts
The light you see from some stars today began traveling before humans existed.
Fact #1726 · Space
The light you see from some stars today began traveling before humans existed.
Fact #1761 · Space
Saturn's rings are made primarily of ice particles and rocky debris.
Fact #17 · Space
The Pioneer 10 spacecraft was the first to travel through the asteroid belt.
Fact #1023 · Space
Space smells like burned metal.
Fact #1718 · Space
The Earth orbits the Sun at about 30 kilometers per second.
Fact #137 · Space
The Mars Pathfinder mission tested new landing techniques.
Fact #1016 · Space
Neptune is the farthest known major planet from the Sun.
Fact #300 · Space
Want more facts?
We have over 11,441 facts across 15 categories.