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Mercury takes about 88 Earth days to complete one orbit around the Sun.
A year on Mercury, in terms of the time it takes for the planet to complete one orbit around the Sun, is approximately 88 Earth days. This is due to Mercury's closer proximity to the Sun and its faster elliptical orbit.
Mercury orbits the sun 4.149 times each year
It takes Mercury considerably more time than that to complete an orbit (if Mercury were moving that fast, it would be orbiting around the sun significantly more rapidly than the sun itself spins).Mercury's "year" is approximately 88 Earth days long.
Mercury's orbit of 88 days is approximately 1/4 of an Earth year.
yes, MESSENGER has explored Mercury. On March 18, 2011 a year from today, MESSENGER will transition from orbiting the Sun to being the first spacecraft ever to orbit the planet Mercury.
Mercury takes about 88 Earth days to complete one orbit around the Sun.
Mercury take around 87.97 days to make one orbit of the sun, about 3 Earth months for one year on Mercury.
Mercury takes 88 days to orbit the Sun once.
A year on Mercury, in terms of the time it takes for the planet to complete one orbit around the Sun, is approximately 88 Earth days. This is due to Mercury's closer proximity to the Sun and its faster elliptical orbit.
Mercury orbits the sun 4.149 times each year
Mariner 10 and MESSENGER have been the only probes to investigate Mercury. mariner 10 was launched 21.45 PST on November 2, 1973. It observed the atmosphere, surface, and physical characteristics of Mercury and Venus. MESSENGER was launched on August 3, 2004. It went into orbit around Mercury, it collected enough data to produce 95% of it's surface.
It takes Mercury considerably more time than that to complete an orbit (if Mercury were moving that fast, it would be orbiting around the sun significantly more rapidly than the sun itself spins).Mercury's "year" is approximately 88 Earth days long.
Mercury's orbit around the Sun takes around 88 Earth days, while its rotation on its axis takes about 59 Earth days. This means that Mercury has a longer day (rotation) than year (orbit) – it completes just over 1.5 rotations for every orbit around the Sun.
Mercury takes 88 Earth days for one revolution (orbit) around the Sun (a Mercury "year").
Mercury's orbit of 88 days is approximately 1/4 of an Earth year.
No, Earth actually has a shorter year than Jupiter. Earth takes about 365.25 days to complete one orbit around the sun, while Jupiter takes approximately 11.9 Earth years for a single orbit. Mercury has the shortest year of all the planets in our solar system, completing an orbit around the sun in about 88 Earth days.