Assertion: mercury's orbit | /r/HasProperty | eccentric
Facets:
value: quite
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: It has an extremely eccentric orbit, an extremely thin-atmosphere, and experiences extremely hot and cold surface temperatures.
text: If the orbit of Mercury was nearly circular, this is all we'd need to say about its rotation; but since its orbit is quite eccentric, things work very differently at different times of the year.