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The larger the radius of your orbit from a common center, the farther the distance you would be traveling around that object as is the case with planets farther from the sun. Substantially, planets have lower masses than the sun, thereby weaker gravitational interaction, lower space velocity, which makes them "creep" slower in their orbits. If you place a star, say the same mass as the Sun in the orbit of Neptune, the time it takes for the two stars to complete one revolution around each other would be shorter.
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∙ 9y agoThe first reason is that their orbits are bigger than those of inner planets and the second reason lies on the fact that they experience week gravitational pull from the sun. In turn, they have slow acceleration and hence, move at lower speeds.
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∙ 13y agoIt takes long for the outer planets to orbit around th Sun because, they are far from it, and the Sun's gravity is weaker, so they accelerate more slowly and have lower orbital speeds.
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∙ 12y agoThe outer planets are so far away from these sun, they have a longer rotation period. Plus, the sun's gravitational pull is weaker out there.
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∙ 11y agoBecause the outer planets don't have a strong gravitational pull towards the sun
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What takes long to orbit the sun inner or outer planets?
The outer planets take longer.
Why does it take the pouter planets so long to orbit the sun?
The outer planets take longer to orbit the Sun, because they are farther away from the Sun. It make its gravitational pull weaker to the farther planets. That means that the outer planets take longer to orbit the Sun.
How do the orbits of the outer planets compare to the inner ones?
The outer planets take much more time and also travel longer to complete a whole orbit around the Sun, than the inner ones.
How long does Saturn take to orbit the planets in the solar system?
Saturn orbits the Sun like the other planets, it does not orbit anything else. One orbit for Saturn takes 29.4571 Earth years.
How long does it take for a planet to orbit the sun write the names of the plants in order from shortest to longest orbit time?
well think about it the planets closer to the sun have the fastest orbit so knowing that the planets are already in order from shortest to longest orbit.
Why does it take the outer planets so long to orbit the Sun?
The outer planets take longer to orbit the Sun, because they are farther away from the Sun. It make its gravitational pull weaker to the farther planets. That means that the outer planets take longer to orbit the Sun.
What takes long to orbit the sun inner or outer planets?
The outer planets take longer.
Why does it take the pouter planets so long to orbit the sun?
The outer planets take longer to orbit the Sun, because they are farther away from the Sun. It make its gravitational pull weaker to the farther planets. That means that the outer planets take longer to orbit the Sun.
Why do the outer planets take longer to orbit?
they are farther away
Why outer planets take longer to orbit than inner planets?
Because gravity is stronger as it gets closer to the planet it is orbiting. and orbits are caused by the gravity of the planit they are rotating.
How do inner planets differ?
Inner planets differ from outer planets because they have rocky core (excepting Pluto), and the are much smaller than outer planets, which are bigger and take more time to orbit Sun than inner planets because of their location. Outer planets are farther from the Sun than inner planets.
How do the orbits of the outer planets compare to the inner ones?
The outer planets take much more time and also travel longer to complete a whole orbit around the Sun, than the inner ones.
Why do some planets take a long time to orbit around the sun?
Some planets take longer to orbit the sun because they are farther away giving them a longer path to travel.
How long does Saturn take to orbit the planets in the solar system?
Saturn orbits the Sun like the other planets, it does not orbit anything else. One orbit for Saturn takes 29.4571 Earth years.
how long would it take for all planets in our solar system including all dwarf planets?
What do you mean by how long would it take? Like how long would it take to orbit around the sun?
Characteristics of outer planets?
The four outer planets; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are all much larger than the inner planets. These outer planets have no real surface, they are composed mainly of Hydrogen and helium gas, which gets thicker and thicker until the extreme pressures closer to the core of the planets change the state of the gases. The outer planets are much colder than the inner planets due to their distance from the sun, they take much longer to orbit the sun due to this distance. The outer planets are a lot larger than the inner planets.
What is the shape of the orbit that the planets take called?
Elliptical Orbit
