Mercury has an elliptical orbit, it is also one of the most eccentric orbits of our solar system.
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.
No. A circle is an unstable shape for an object orbiting another. An orbit is between slightly and very elliptical (egg-shaped). If an object is placed in a circular orbit, the orbit will quickly deteriorate to an elliptical orbit. Added: Mar's elliptical eccentricity is rather above average for a planetary orbit. Not quite as large as Mercury, but large enough.
It takes 88 days for mercury to complete an orbit.
Mercury does not orbit the earth - ever!
Mercury's orbit is inclined at about 7 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic, which is the plane of Earth's orbit around the Sun. This means that Mercury's orbit is tilted relative to Earth's orbit by 7 degrees.
Mercury has the shortest orbit.
Mercury has the shortest orbit of all the planets because it is the closest planet to the Sun.
Mercury's orbit around the sun is approx 364 million km long.
Mercury, because it is the closest to the sun. Mercury takes 88 days to orbit the sun.
Mercury takes 87.97 days to orbit the Sun, and there are 24 hours in a day.
The shape of earth's orbit is known as an elipse