The planet mercury travels in an elliptical orbit with eccentricity is .
The minimum distance from sun is .
The perihelion distance from a planet to the sun is .
Substitute .
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Find the maximum distance from the sun.
\The aphelion distance from a planet to the sun is .
Substitute and
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The maximum distance from the mercury to the sun is .
The maximum distance from the mercury to the sun is .