What it’s like to stand here
Mercury
- weight
- 0.38 g
- sun
- 2.6× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Rocky world
Mercury
What it's like to stand here
0.38 g
your weight (measured mass)
88 days
one year, in Earth time
2.6× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
2.7×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
Where it is
Mercury is in our own solar system. It orbits about 0.39 AU from the Sun, so sunlight reaches it in roughly 3 minutes. But a spacecraft is far slower:
How long to get there with today’s craft
Jet airliner
7 years
arrives, just older
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
3 days
arrives thriving
Light speed
3 min
arrives thriving
Warp 10
0 min
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Sun
G2V · 8 planets
Sibling worlds in this system
Nearby star systems
No neighbors computed.
Similar worlds (size · gravity · star)
No matches computed.
Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.
Can you see it tonight? · observe
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightnessmag 0.0
To see itno equipment (low in twilight)
Gear bridge
Matched telescope & eyepiece recommendations are coming. Any product links will carry a clear affiliate disclosure.
Illustration generated from Mercury's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.