Find how hot it gets on mercury

Reference no: EM13681972

At perihelion (closest approach to the sun), Mercury is 0.31 AU from the sun. Find how hot it gets on Mercury when the sun is directly overhead at perihelion. (On average, Mercury reflects 12 percent of incoming light back into space).

Reference no: EM13681972

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