How many earth days does it take mercury to go around the sun?

Answer 1

It takes approximately 88 Earth days for Mercury to orbit the Sun.

87.969 Earth days is a more precise answer. The parameters of orbital mechanics were pretty accurately mapped out by Sir Isaac newton in the 17th century. Fundamentally, he described the equations by which an orbiting body will sweep out a given area of its orbital ellipse in a given period of time, which places extremely precise limitations on orbital speed.

Answer 2

Mercury's slow rotation means that it takes more than 58 Earth days (58.65) to make one complete spin (a siderial day).

Combined with its short "year" of only 88 Earth days, the apparent "solar day" on Mercury (sunrise to sunrise) is even longer : 176 Earth days. This means that almost any location on Mercury will spend 88 Earth days in the scorching sunlight, and then 88 Earth days in frigid darkness. The almost non-existent atmosphere transfers very little heat between points on the surface.

Answer 3

About 58.6 Earth days. That's the "sidereal day". It's the time Mercury takes to rotate once.

The "solar day" is how long it takes the Sun to complete its apparent daily journey around the sky. This is about 176 Earth days.

Answer 4

It takes approximately 88 Earth days for Mercury to orbit the Sun once.

Answer 5

The planet mercury orbits the sun once every 88 days

Thus it orbits the sun roughly 4 times each earth year.

Answer 6

On Mercury it takes 1,407 hours to make a day. So that would make 58 days, 15 hours on Earth.

Answer 7

1 Mercury day = 58.6 Earth days (very slow rotation in comparison)

Answer 8

It takes Mercury 88 Earth days to make one full orbit around the sun. This means that Mercury makes about four full orbits for in one Earth year!

Answer 9

88 Earth days.

Answer 10

It takes 87.9 earth days