A year on Mercury lasts only eighty-eight Earth days.
Why it is true
Being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury completes its orbit at an extraordinary speed, resulting in the shortest year in the entire solar system, although its days are unusually long.
Source: Astronomy
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