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by iwnit on January 30th, 2008
"The orbit of Mercury is the most eccentric of the planets; its eccentricity is 0.21 with its distance from the Sun ranging from 46,000,000 to 70,000,000 kilometers. It takes 88 days to complete an orbit. The diagram on the left illustrates the effects of the eccentricity, showing Mercury’s orbit overlain with a circular orbit having the same semi-major axis."
"Aphelion 69,816,927 km
0.46669733 AU
Perihelion: 46,001,210 km
0.30749909 AU"
Source and further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28planet%29
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