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Because Mercury is closer to the Sun and orbits a lot faster.

That's right and astronomers define a year as the time taken to orbit the Sun.

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Would a mercury year be longer or shorter than a earth year?

Shorter. Mercury has a shorter orbit than earth and 1 day in mercury = 59 days on Earth. 1 year on mercury= 88 days on earth.


A year is only 88 earth days on which planet?

A year on Mercury is only 88 Earth days. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and has a very short orbital period, causing its year to be much shorter compared to Earth's year of 365 days.


How long is one year on mercury iscomparison to one year on earth?

Mercury orbits the Sun once in about 88 Earth days. That's Mercury's year. One year one Earth is about 365 days. So Earth's year is about 4 times longer.


Length of yearearth days on plantets?

A year on earth is 365 days. A year on Venus is 224.7 Earth days and a year on Mercury is 88 Earth days. A year on Mars is 687 Earth days and a year on Saturn is 29.7 Earth years long.


What is the length of a year for all planets?

The length of a year for each planet increases as each planet is farther from the Sun. The lengths are: Mercury: 88 days, Venus: 225 days, Earth: 365 days, Mars: 687 days, Jupiter: 12 years, Saturn: 30 years, Uranus: 84 years and Neptune: 165 years.


Why the Mercury does have 88 days only compare to planet earth with 365 days?

Because Mercury orbits the Sun much faster than Earth. It takes Earth 365 days to orbit the sun once, but it only takes Mercury 88 days.


How many years is a Earth year?

An Earth year is equivalent to one year on Earth, which is approximately 365 days.


How old will a 9 year old be in planet mercury?

A year for Mercury is 88 days. Earth's year is 365 days. The nine year old would have lived 3285 days on Earth. On Mercury, that would translate to 37.329 years for a nine year old earthling.


How long are mercurys years?

The year on the planet Mercury is very short. A year on this planet lasts 88 days compared to 365 days on Earth.


How many days are in a year on Mercury?

It takes roughly 365 days for the Earth to go around the Sun once. It takes 87.97 Earth days for Mercury to orbit the sun once.


What is earths length of the year?

365.14 earth days


What planet's year is longer than 365 days?

Every planet's year is longer than 365 days except for Mercury and Venus. Earth's year is aproximately 365.25 days, people just combined them for an extra day every 4 years.