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1 mar 2012 · Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. Mercury’s orbit is not a perfect circle, so its distance from the sun varies. The minimum distance from the sun to Mercury is 28.5 million miles.
- Mercury: A complete guide to the closest planet to the sun - Space.com
Average distance from the sun: 35,983,095 miles (57,909,175...
- Mercury: A complete guide to the closest planet to the sun - Space.com
From an average distance of 36 million miles (58 million kilometers), Mercury is 0.4 astronomical units away from the Sun. One astronomical unit (abbreviated as AU), is the distance from the Sun to Earth.
31 sie 2016 · Mercury boasts an orbit that is the most elliptical of all of the planets, stretched out from a perfect circle. When it is closest to the sun, it is only 29 million miles (47 million km), but at...
20 paź 2023 · Learn about Mercury, the smallest and fastest planet in the solar system. Find out its average distance from the Sun, its orbit, rotation, surface, atmosphere, temperature and more.
Mercury has the most eccentric orbit of all the planets in the Solar System; its eccentricity is 0.21 with its distance from the Sun ranging from 46,000,000 to 70,000,000 km (29,000,000 to 43,000,000 mi). It takes 87.969 Earth days to complete an orbit.
1 mar 2017 · Learn about Mercury's eccentric orbit, spin-orbit resonance, and perihelion precession, and how they affect its distance from the Sun. Find out how Mercury's orbit is different from other planets and how Einstein's theory explains it.
9 cze 2023 · Average distance from the sun: 35,983,095 miles (57,909,175 km). By comparison: 0.38 Earth's distance from the sun. Perihelion (closest approach to sun): 28,580,000 miles (46,000,000 km)....
