EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -For Mercury, the orbital period is 88 days (87.969 to be exact). That means Mercury takes 88 Earth days to complete one orbit around the sun.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fastest Planet The closer a planet is to the Sun, the faster it travels. Since Mercury is the fastest planet and has the shortest distance to travel around the Sun, it has the shortest year of all the planets in our solar system – 88 days.

Detailed explanation-3: -It speeds around the Sun every 88 days, traveling through space at nearly 29 miles (47 kilometers) per second, faster than any other planet. Mercury spins slowly on its axis and completes one rotation every 59 Earth days.

Detailed explanation-4: -It only takes 88 days for Mercury to orbit around the sun. No other planet travels around the sun faster. The planet Venus is so bright in the night sky that you may think it is a star.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mars is a little slower, and farther from the sun, so a full circuit takes 687 Earth days – or one Mars year.