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  • Mercury's Distance from the Sun: Average, Perihelion & Aphelion
    The distance from Mercury to the Sun varies because Mercury's orbit is not a perfect circle, but an ellipse.

    Here are the key distances:

    * Average distance: 57.9 million kilometers (36 million miles)

    * Perihelion (closest point): 46 million kilometers (28.6 million miles)

    * Aphelion (farthest point): 70 million kilometers (43.5 million miles)

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