it rotates slowly and orbits quickly.
Mercury takes approximately 59 Earth days to complete one full orbit around the Sun. This period is known as its orbital period or year.
No, orbit and rotation are not the same. Orbit is the path an object takes around another object in space, while rotation is the spinning of an object around its own axis. For example, the Earth orbits around the Sun and rotates on its axis.
Uranus has the largest tilt of its axis of rotation compared to its orbit around the sun, at about 98 degrees. This means that its north pole can be pointing almost directly at the sun at certain points in its orbit.
It takes Mercury about 88 Earth days to complete one orbit around the Sun.
Mercury has an elliptical orbit and circles the Sun once every 88 days. The distance from the Sun varies from 46 to 70 million kilometers (23.5 to 43.0 million miles). The mean distance of 58 million kilometers would give an orbit length of about 364 million kilometers, moving at 47.87 kilometers per second.
It rotates slow but quicker on its axis
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Yes, Mercury does rotate about its own axis. However, its rotation is unique in that it is in a 3:2 spin-orbit resonance, meaning it rotates on its axis three times for every two orbits around the Sun.
No, Jupiter has the fastest rotation and Mercury has the fastest orbit.
All the planets revolve around the Sun in the same direction. As seen from a position arbitrarily "above" the plane of the planetary orbits (i.e. above Earth's North Pole), the planets orbit counter-clockwise.
A day on Mercury, known as a sidereal day, lasts about 58.6 Earth days. However, due to its slow rotation and its orbit around the Sun, a solar day (the time from one sunrise to the next) lasts about 176 Earth days. This unique relationship between its rotation and orbit causes Mercury's days and nights to be extremely long.
A day on Mercury, defined as one complete rotation on its axis, lasts about 59 Earth days. However, its year, which is the time it takes to orbit the Sun, is approximately 88 Earth days. This unique relationship means that a day on Mercury is longer than its year. Consequently, Mercury experiences a very slow rotation compared to its swift orbit around the Sun.
Mercury's period of revolution around the sun is about 88 Earth days, while Pluto's period is approximately 248 Earth years. The ratio between their periods of revolution is about 1:28. This difference is due to the much larger distance Pluto is from the sun compared to Mercury, causing it to take much longer to complete one orbit.
Mercury takes 59 days to rotate, and 88 days to orbit the Sun.
Mercury takes approximately 59 Earth days to complete one full orbit around the Sun. This period is known as its orbital period or year.
No, orbit and rotation are not the same. Orbit is the path an object takes around another object in space, while rotation is the spinning of an object around its own axis. For example, the Earth orbits around the Sun and rotates on its axis.