Athletic shoes, purses, electronics, perfumes and even art work can be found at bargain basement prices. Unfortunately, many of these goods are fake, counterfeit or knock-offs.. For the buyers, there's no real bargain. And for the sellers, there's a possibility of jail time and hefty fines if they're caught.
The âsiderealâ (relative to the stars) rotation rate of Mercury is 59 Earth days. If we could somehow watch Mercury through a telescope from a distant star, we would see it rotate one time every 59 days.
The orbit of Mercury is the most eccentric of the planets in our Solar System. The planet has an orbital period of 87.969 Earth days. At perihelion it is 46,001,200 km from the Sun and at aphelion it is 69,816,900 km, a difference of 23,815,700 km giving it an eccentricity of 0.21. Mercuryâs orbit is inclined by 7 degrees to Earthâs ecliptic.