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minus-squarefishos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-26 hours agoLess about size and more about size and relative distance. Think about being on Mercury and the entire sky is blazing sun - and yet it survives.
minus-squareCitizenKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI mean, nothing on Mercury survives. At night it’s -170 degrees Celsius and +430 degrees at day.
minus-squareBigBenis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 hours ago on Mercury and the entire sky is blazing sun I’ve never thought about this and holy shit
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 hours agoThat’s not the case though. Sure the sun would seem bigger on mercury but it’s not gonna fill the entire sky. Edit: According to NASA the sun would appear 3 times bigger and 7 times brighter on mercury.
Less about size and more about size and relative distance. Think about being on Mercury and the entire sky is blazing sun - and yet it survives.
I mean, nothing on Mercury survives. At night it’s -170 degrees Celsius and +430 degrees at day.
I’ve never thought about this and holy shit
That’s not the case though. Sure the sun would seem bigger on mercury but it’s not gonna fill the entire sky.
Edit: According to NASA the sun would appear 3 times bigger and 7 times brighter on mercury.