The Dwarf Planet Eris

10 Facts About the Dwarf Planet Eris

Eris Orbit. The dwarf planet Eris orbits the Sun every 557 years. What is its average distance (semimajor axis) from the Sun? How does its average distance compare to that of Pluto? | Numerade

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. 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. But when Mercury is moving fastest in its elliptical orbit around the Sun (and it is closest t