rank the following periods of time in order of their duration, from longest to shortest, as seen from a location on mercury: revolution (year), rotation (sidereal day), solar day (synodic day, or noon-to-noon), period of daylight or darkness.

According to the stars, the Earth orbits the sun in 365 days, 6 hours, and 9 minutes, rotating at a speed between 29.29 and 30.29 km/s. Every fourth year, which is known as a leap year, the 6 hours, 9 minutes add up to roughly one extra day. The extra day added is February 29th.

Solar Day:

A solar day lasts roughly 24 hours on Earth. The Earth's orbit is not a perfect circle because it is elliptical. This implies that certain solar days on Earth are somewhat longer than 24 hours and some are slightly shorter.

Rotation:

The Earth has an inclination of 23.45 degrees from the plane of its orbit around the sun, and revolves on its axis in relation to the sun every 24.0 hours mean solar time. The differences brought on by the non-circular orbit of the Earth are averaged out to create mean solar time.

Period of daylight:

At the equator, day and night are always twelve hours long, with the exception of two tiny effects that lengthen day by roughly eight minutes.

Hence the order is Revolution> Solar day> Rotation> Period of daylight or darkness.

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