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Qué tan lejos está Mercurio del Sol

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La órbita de Mercurio es elíptica. Esto significa que su órbita recorre el camino de una elipse, y no siempre es la misma distancia desde el Sol.

Cuando Mercurio hace su enfoque más cercano al Sol, los astrónomos llaman perihelio. Por lo tanto, el perihelio de Mercurio es de 46 millones de kilómetros (29 millones de millas), o 0,307 unidades astronómicas (1 UA es la distancia desde el Sol a la Tierra).

El punto más lejano de la órbita de un planeta se llama afelio. Por lo tanto, en el caso de Mercurio, su punto más lejano se extiende a 70 millones de km (44 millones de millas), o 0,466 unidades astronómicas.

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