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What is the Orbital Path of Mercury?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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Mercury circles the Sun on an elliptical (oval) orbit that varies in distance from 46 million to 70 million kilometers. The orbital length is some 364 million kilometers, but Mercury is moving at nearly 48 kilometers a second (47.87 km/sec) and requires only 88 days to make one orbit.

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counterclockwise

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Mercury spins counter-clockwise.

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