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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Since Mercury's temperature varies from 430°C to -180°C, and one day-night cycle takes 176 earth days, does the planet go through a few days of mild and livable temperature like the earth?
gpt
The answer is no, unfortunately.

  


On earth, we have an atmosphere that traps heat, so as the planet turns away from the sun, it cools very slowly, never really getting outside of "livable" temperature ranges except at the poles.

  


On mercury, there is no atmosphere, so it's the temperature of the physical surface that we're measuring, you wouldn't be able to just hold out a thermometer and get a temp reading.

  


At sunrise, you'd be blasted with unfiltered solar radiation as the sun rose, since there's no atmosphere to filter it, you get the full blast as soon as the sun peeks over the horizon. You'd be burned to a crisp within minutes.