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SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
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The planet with the shortest year is
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Earth
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Neptune
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Pluto
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Mercury
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -One Mercury solar day (one full day-night cycle) equals 176 Earth days – just over two years on Mercury. Mercury’s axis of rotation is tilted just 2 degrees with respect to the plane of its orbit around the Sun. That means it spins nearly perfectly upright and so does not experience seasons as many other planets do.
Detailed explanation-3: -A year on Mercury is about 88 Earth days long. Mercury has the shortest year of any planet in the Solar System.
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