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If you are talking about Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, these planets all orbit the Sun.
It wasn't very long ago that these were the only planets we knew about. But with the development of enormously powerful space telescopes and newer more powerful computers, scientists have now discovered over 300 "extra-solar planets"; planets that orbit other stars. We've discovered so many, so quickly, than we now need to revise our theories on how planets form. We used to think that planets would be rare; now, it looks like a majority of mid-sized stars will have planets.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoYes, all eight planets orbit the Sun. The two inner planets always appear to stay near the Sun, but the five planets with orbits outside the Earth's can be seen in the night sky. They are always brightest at opposition, when they cross the meridian at midnight (because the Sun crosses the meridian at noon, give or take a bit).
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∙ 9y agoAnywhere that is close enough to a star. Planets have been discovered attached to many stars.
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∙ 9y agoAt varying distances from the star. It should be noted that all planets do not orbit a star.
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What takes long to orbit the sun inner or outer planets?
The outer planets take longer.
Name of planets orbit closest to the sun?
The Inner Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
What are the 4 smallest planets that orbit the sun?
Those are the inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.
What objects orbit the sun between the inner and outer planets?
The objects that orbit the Sun between the inner and outer planets are collectively known as asteroids. They are rocky remnants left over from the early formation of the solar system. Some asteroids are quite large and have even been classified as dwarf planets, such as Ceres.
Planets orbit around the sun but what do moons orbit?
Planets
How are outer planets similar to inner planets?
They are similar in that both the inner and outer planets all orbit the sun.
Do the inner planets have direct or in direct orbit?
All the planets have direct orbits round the Sun.
How are inner planets and gas giants similar?
they orbit the sun and are the first four outer planets
What takes long to orbit the sun inner or outer planets?
The outer planets take longer.
Name of planets orbit closest to the sun?
The Inner Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
Which inner planet takes the longest to orbit the sun?
Mars takes the longest of the inner planets.
What are some similarities of the inner and outer planets?
Inner and outer planets have some things that are in common but there mostly way different. For instants they both orbit the sun. On the other hand the outer planets are made mostly by gas, that's why they are called the gas giants. The inner planets are mostly made by rock and dust. The inner planets are called Terrestrial planets and the outer planets are called Jovian planets. The inner planets are closer to the sun, have more density, they have less moons, there about the size of Earth, and they rotate slowly. The outer planets (Jovian Planets) are farther from the sun, they have less density, they have more moons, they are large, about the size of Jupiter, they rotate rapidly, and they have more mass. These planets are alike because they both orbit the sun.
How are inner and outer planets the same?
The inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, while the outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. They are the same in that they are spherical, the orbit the Sun in the same direction and they have an elliptical orbit.
What are two similarities about the inner and outer planets?
The inner planets, otherwise known as the terrestrial planets all are: -rocky/more dense (unlike the gaseous outer planets) -closest to the sun -smallest planets
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.
Does the sun orbit the planets or do the planets orbit the sun?
The planets orbit the Sun. The Sun is at the center of our solar system and does not move.
How many moons do the suns have?
The Sun has no moons. Moons orbit Planets > Planets orbit the Sun.
