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Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.

Mercury's orbit is severely elliptical meaning that the planet's distance to the Sun varies. At its closest, Mercury is 46 million kilometers (28.5 million miles or 0.31 AU) from the Sun, and at its farthest it is nearly 70 million kilometers (43 million miles or 0.46 AU) from the Sun.The mean distance is 58 million kilometers (36 million miles or 0.39 AU).

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