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	Mercury	Earth
Discovered By	Known by the Ancients	Known by the Ancients
Date of Discovery	Unknown	Unknown
Average Orbit Distance	57,909,175 km	149,597,890 km
Perihelion (closest)	46,000,000 km	147,100,000 km
Aphelion (farthest)	69,820,000 km	152,100,000 km
Equatorial Radius	2,439.7 km	6,378.14 km
Equatorial Circumference	15,329.1 km	40,075 km
Volume	60,827,200,000 km3	1,083,200,000,000 km3
Mass	330,220,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg	5,973,700,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
Density	5.427 g/cm3	5.515 g/cm3
Surface Area	74,800,000 km2	510,065,700 km2
Equatorial Surface Gravity	3.7 m/s2	9.766 m/s2
Escape Velocity	15,300 km/h	40,248 km/h
Rotation Period (Length of Day)	58.646 sidereal days	0.99726968 sidereal days
Orbit Period (Length of Year)	0.241 sidereal years	1.0000174 sidereal years
Mean Orbit Velocity	172,341 km/h	107,229 km/h
Orbit Eccentricity	0.20563069	0.01671022
Orbital Inclination to Ecliptic	7 degrees	0.00005 degrees
Equatorial Inclination to Orbit	0 degrees	23.45 degrees
Orbital Circumference	356,000,000 km	924,375,700 km
Minimum/Maximum Surface Temperature	-173/427 °C	-88/58 (min/max) °C

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