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One of the factors changed is temperature - the more distant, the colder. This would also mean a difference in the brightness of the daylight.
Also the period of orbit, the more distant planet move more slowly and have a much longer 'year'. But the planet's day (period of rotation' is not clearly related. Venus and Mercury have very long periods of rotation - Mercury was once thought to have one face permanently facing the sun but this was wrong. Mars, curiously, has a day almost the same lenght as Earth. No good reason for this.
It used to be thought that rocky planets formed near the sun and big planets like Jupiter formed beyond the 'snow line' in the primitive solar system, places where there was lots of gas and ice. But planets beyond our solar system include 'hot Jupiters' that break that rule.
Number of moons, maybe. The influence of the sun makes it harder for a stable moon to exist round a rocky planet. This too is a bit uncertain, no planet beyond the solar system has been proven to have a moon, though that could change soon.
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Do planets collide when the distance of the planets from the sun change?
The distance of the planets from the sun does not change because of the gravity surrounding each planet is pulling them into continuous orbit.
Distance from earth the closest to farthest planets?
Neptune is the remotest of the eight planets, and its distance is 30 astronomical units, which means its distance from the Sun is 30 times the Earth's distance from the Sun.
Are all planets affected by the sun?
All planets and other objects in the solar system orbit the Sun because of its gravity.
How does the planets distance from the sun affect its conditions?
The farther away from the sun the planet is, the more space it has to cover. Therefore, the planets distance from the sun whereas, if i am half the distance from Earth/Sun, that planet will get more energy. But if I am twice the distance from Earth/Sun, I will receive less energy.
What planets are affected by the sun?
All those in our solar system
What do the length of the planets year and its distance from the sun have in common?
There is a relationship between the planets distance from the sun and the time taken for one orbit (planets year), described in Keplers third law. The square root of the time taken to orbit the sun is proportional to the cube of the average distance between the sun.
How does the distance between the inner planets differ from the distance between the outer planets?
As the names suggest, the inner planets are closer to the Sun than the outer planets.
What is the relation of the planet's temperature to it's distance?
if you are asking "what is the relation of the planet's temperature to it's distance from the sun" then the answer is: Planets closer to the sun tend to be warmer than planets further from the sun.
How does a planets distance from the sun affect the planets orbit speed?
the closer you are to the sun it affects the planets speed cause of the suns gravitational pull
How does the sun have gravity?
The sun has all the gravity to keep the planets a certain distance from the sun.
What is the average distance of the planets from the sun?
10000000023 km
What is the order of the planets of increasing distance from the sun?
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