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If the central body has no atmosphere, then the shortest orbit is
(2 pi) times [ (radius of the central body) plus (height of any bumps on it) ] .
For the Earth, that would be something like 24,950 miles IF the Earth had
no atmosphere, and it would take about 86 minutes to sail around it once.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoPlanetarily speaking, Mercury has the shortest orbit time with an 88-day Mercurial year. The object with the shortest orbit is an electron's orbit around a hydrogen atom -- it's orbit time is a fair bit shorter than 88 days though.
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∙ 11y agoComet Encke
with an orbital period of 3.3 years
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Which planet has the shortest orbital period and how long is it?
The planet Mercury has the shortest orbit time, because it is the closest to the sun.
Which planet has the second shortest year?
Mercury is the planet that has the shortest year. This is because it is the nearest planet to the sun. It only takes 88 Earth days for Mercury to complete one orbit.
Planet with shortest year?
Mercury. Mercury takes only about 88 Earth days to go around the Sun, so its year is 88 Earth days. It's the closest to the Sun, so it's the quickest to orbit it.
What is the shortest month in the year?
February is the shortest month of the year.
Do the stars orbit the planets or do planets orbit stars?
Moons orbit planets. Planets orbit stars. Some stars orbit other stars, or orbit their mutual center of gravity. Stars orbit the center of the galaxy. Galaxies may orbit the center of the "galactic group".
Does Venus have the shortest orbit?
Mercury has the shortest orbit.
The planet with the shortest orbit arount the sun?
Of the known planets, Mercury is the one at the smallest average distance from the sun, and with the shortest orbit.
Planets with the shortest orbit are called?
mercury
How long does it take for a planet to orbit the sun write the names of the plants in order from shortest to longest orbit time?
well think about it the planets closer to the sun have the fastest orbit so knowing that the planets are already in order from shortest to longest orbit.
This planet is the shortest orbit around the sun?
Mercury.
Does mercury have the largest orbit?
Mercury has the shortest orbit of all the planets because it is the closest planet to the Sun.
What planet takes shortest amount of time to orbit the sun?
Of the known planets in the solar system, Mercury, being nearest to the sun, completes its orbit in the shortest time . . . 88 earth days.
Which planet takes the shortest time to orbit the earth?
No planet orbits Earth.
Why does mercury have the shortest days of orbit around the sun?
because it is nearest to the sun
Which planet has the shortest orbital period and how long is it?
The planet Mercury has the shortest orbit time, because it is the closest to the sun.
Which planet has the sortest orbit?
In our solar system, the planet Mercury, being closest to the sun, has the shortest orbit, which it completes in only 88 days.
Why does mercury orbit the sun first?
(I'm going to assume that when you said "first" you meant "fastest," because otherwise the question is nonsense.) Because of Kepler's Third Law. The orbital period for a body is related to the semimajor axis of its orbit. Mercury's orbit has the shortest semimajor axis of all the Solar planets, and therefore it has the shortest orbital period.
