Image: Mercuryorbitsolarsystem
Mercuryorbitsolarsystem.gif (248 × 249 pixels, file size: 1.41 MB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 199 frames, 6.0 s)
Description: Mercury is approximately 0.3871 astronomical units (AU) compared to the Earth out from the Sun, and it takes It takes 88 days to complete an orbit, thus the animated gif shows it revolving the Sun approximately 4.14 times (yellow trail) compared to Earth's 365 days(blue trail)
Author: Lookang many thanks to author of original simulation = Todd K. Timberlake author of Easy Java Simulation = Francisco Esquembre
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License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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