SCIENCE
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Question
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56.9 x 10/5
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57.9 x 10/6
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57.8 x 10/6
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56.9 x 10/8
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mercury’s highly eccentric, egg-shaped orbit takes the planet as close as 29 million miles (47 million kilometers) and as far as 43 million miles (70 million kilometers) from the Sun.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mercury’s average orbital distance from the Sun is 58 million km (36 million miles) and it has the shortest year (a revolution period of 88 days). In comparison, the mean distance of Earth from the Sun is about 150 million km (93 million miles).
Detailed explanation-3: -THE MEAN DISTANCE OF EARTH FROM THE SUN IS 1.496X10^8km AND ITS SIDERAL REVOLUTION PERIOD IS 365.3 DAYS . THE SIDERAL REVOLUTION PERIODS OF THE PLANETS VENUS AND MARS ARE 224.7 AND 687.0 DAYS RESPECTIVELY. ESTIMATE THE MEAN DISTANCES OF THIS PLANET FROM THE SUN. Q.
Detailed explanation-4: -Size and Distance From an average distance of 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), Saturn is 9.5 astronomical units away from the Sun.