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☿️ Meet Mercury: the Solar System's fastest, toughest overachiever.
Closest to the Sun. Fastest orbit in the neighborhood (47 km/s!). A day that's literally longer than its year. And a surface that swings from 430°C at noon to -180°C at night — with basically no atmosphere to soften the blow.
#Mercury #SolarSystem #Space #Astronomy #NASA #Planets #ScienceCommunication #ScentsOfSciencehttps://scentsofscience.com/2026/07/24/mercurys-cv-the-solar-systems-fastest-toughest-overachiever/
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☿️ Meet Mercury: the Solar System's fastest, toughest overachiever.
Closest to the Sun. Fastest orbit in the neighborhood (47 km/s!). A day that's literally longer than its year. And a surface that swings from 430°C at noon to -180°C at night — with basically no atmosphere to soften the blow.
#Mercury #SolarSystem #Space #Astronomy #NASA #Planets #ScienceCommunication #ScentsOfSciencehttps://scentsofscience.com/2026/07/24/mercurys-cv-the-solar-systems-fastest-toughest-overachiever/
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☿️ Meet Mercury: the Solar System's fastest, toughest overachiever.
Closest to the Sun. Fastest orbit in the neighborhood (47 km/s!). A day that's literally longer than its year. And a surface that swings from 430°C at noon to -180°C at night — with basically no atmosphere to soften the blow.
#Mercury #SolarSystem #Space #Astronomy #NASA #Planets #ScienceCommunication #ScentsOfSciencehttps://scentsofscience.com/2026/07/24/mercurys-cv-the-solar-systems-fastest-toughest-overachiever/
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☿️ Meet Mercury: the Solar System's fastest, toughest overachiever.
Closest to the Sun. Fastest orbit in the neighborhood (47 km/s!). A day that's literally longer than its year. And a surface that swings from 430°C at noon to -180°C at night — with basically no atmosphere to soften the blow.
#Mercury #SolarSystem #Space #Astronomy #NASA #Planets #ScienceCommunication #ScentsOfSciencehttps://scentsofscience.com/2026/07/24/mercurys-cv-the-solar-systems-fastest-toughest-overachiever/
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☿️ Meet Mercury: the Solar System's fastest, toughest overachiever.
Closest to the Sun. Fastest orbit in the neighborhood (47 km/s!). A day that's literally longer than its year. And a surface that swings from 430°C at noon to -180°C at night — with basically no atmosphere to soften the blow.
#Mercury #SolarSystem #Space #Astronomy #NASA #Planets #ScienceCommunication #ScentsOfSciencehttps://scentsofscience.com/2026/07/24/mercurys-cv-the-solar-systems-fastest-toughest-overachiever/