Thermal emissions by solid bodies can be analyzed to provide information on the temperature at a few wavelengths below the surfa
ce. Observations of the night hemisphere of Mercury longward of ∼10 cm yield temperatures close to the diurnal equilibrium temperature. As the radiation is obviously able to escape directly from the regions being observed, why does it not get much colder than this during the long mercurian night?
Answer: Earthquakes occur as a result of collisions along oceanic-continental convergent boundaries. Majority of the earthquakes occur alongside the Ring of Fire of the Pacific Ocean. The Ring of Fire is found in the basin which is a land area found close to the coastlines of the ocean
