If Mercury is so close to the sun... why is it freezing?

Who Smarted? - Educational Podcast for Kids

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Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.4 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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What's it like on the surface of Mercury? Where did Mercury get its name? How long is a day on Mercury?

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0:00.0	Come on trusty narrator, is that the fastest you can go?
0:04.3	I'm going, I'm going!
0:06.3	Come on, I know you can go faster than that.
0:08.8	Yeah, I don't know about that.
0:11.2	Hey, Sparney Pants, in case you're wondering, I'm up in space, again, trying to keep pace
0:19.3	with the fastest planet in our solar system, Mercury.
0:22.5	Come on, why you standing still?
0:25.3	Um, can we take a little break here?
0:27.7	A break? Trusty, I've been doing this for 4 and a half billion years, surely you can
0:31.4	jog around for a few hours.
0:33.2	Okay, okay, just let me catch my breath and pose some intriguing questions about Mercury
0:39.7	for the smarty pants to ponder.
0:41.7	Like what makes Mercury go so fast?
0:46.8	Why is the closest planet to the sun so cold?
0:52.0	And how is the first planet in our solar system connected to William Shakespeare, Maya
0:56.5	Angelou, Walt Disney, and Dr. Seuss?
0:59.8	I am indeed a cat, and this, indeed, is a hat.
1:07.2	Oh, the place is you'll go trusty narrator, if you would just go faster!
1:12.6	I'm going, I'm going!
1:16.6	It's time for another WIFT of science and history, on...
1:20.5	Who smarted?
1:27.2	Who smart is it you?
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