Animation showing the relative sizes of the Earth and Mercury, the smallest planet in the Solar System. Earth has a diameter of some 12, 742 kilometres, compared to Mercury's 4880 km. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, orbiting in a highly elliptical orbit that takes it as close as 46 million kilometres and as far away as just uner 70 million. | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Garlick, Mark |
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Länge: | 15 Sekunden |
Seitenverhältnis: | 16:9 |
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