What is the shape of mercury's orbit?

Answer 1

Yes. It varies in distance from the sun. At closest it is about 46,000,000 km and at farthest, 69,800,000 km away. It is the most elliptical orbit of the solar system planets, the measure of which is eccentricity. Mercury is 0.205. Zero is a circle higher numbers are more elliptical, with 0.999... as the limit.

All planets have elliptical orbits.

Answer 2

Its orbit is elliptical, extending past Neptune. For most of its orbit it's basically a cold ice rock, but as it whips around very near the sun and is exposed to powerful solar radiation, it releases vaporized materials and dust, causing a glow, and solar winds create a tail. It later returns to outer orbit a little smaller than before it left.

Answer 3

Mercury is a liquid so defining its shape is something that cannot be done.

Answer 4

Elliptical, with the sun's center of mass at one focus of the ellipse.

Answer 5

Mercury is a sphere, like all planets.

Answer 6

Mercury's shape is an circle/oval shape.Mercury's shape is an circle/oval shape.

Answer 7

Every planet has an elliptical orbit.