Fastest Planet
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Mercury, which orbits the Sun at an average distance of 35.9 million miles (57.9 million km), has an orbital period of 87.9686 days, thus giving the highest average speed in orbit of 107,030 mph (172,248 km/h). This is almost twice as fast as the Earth.
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