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How long does it take for Mercury to make one full orbit?
Question Date: 2015-05-15
Answer 1:

Mercury rotates very slowly, it revolves around the sun very quickly, but rotates around its axis very slowly. Because Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, it is the fastest planet to orbit the Sun. It takes for Mercury 88 days to orbit the Sun, in other words, it takes for Mercury to orbit the Sun only 24% as long as Earth’s orbit.

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