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176 Earth days - very slowly!

It rotates around the sun faster than that (87.9 days), so it's year is shorter than it's day.

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How many hours in one day to planet mercury?

Mercury has a rotation period of 58.646 days.


How many earth day hours equals 1 day on mercury?

It takes 243 Earth days to make a full rotation or 1 day.


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How many hours does it take for mercury to orbit the sun?

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