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How are the length of a planet year and planet distance from the sun?
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A planet year is defined as the time it takes a planet to make one complete revolution in its orbit around the sun.
The farther away from the sun a planet is, the larger its orbit. The larger its orbit, the longer (more days) it takes to go around the sun. Thus, the farther away a planet is from the sun, the longer its year will be.
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Does a planet's distance from the sun affect the length of a year on that planet?
Yes, the farther a planet is from the Sun, the longer it takes to go around the Sun.
How are the surface temp and length of year on a planet related to the planet's distance from the sun?
As a general rule, the surface temp will go down and the length of the planet's "year" will increase the farther it is from the sun. There are exceptions, but that is the general rule.
What is the relationship between a planet's distance fromm the sun and the length of its year?
The farther out, the longer the year.
True or false the length of a planet's year increases as its distance from the sun increases?
True. The length of time that it takes to complete one orbit around the Sun is directly related to the distance of the orbit from the Sun.
How does a planet's distance from the sun affect the length of its year?
the closer the smaller orbit (a year is one complete orbit) so the year is smaller
Is it true that the length of a year of a planet is proportional to its distance from the sun?
YES. However the relationship is not quite that simple. This is Kepler's third law. I'll give you a simplified version which assumes the planets orbits are circular, instead of being ellipses : The square of the length of the year is proportional to the cube of the planet's distance from the Sun.
How does the planets distance from the sun affect the length of a day?
Not at all. The planet's daily rotation is independent of its distance from the Sun.
Is there a relationship between the length of planet's year and the distance of that planet from the sun?
Yes. A year is how long it takes for Earth to orbit (go the whole way around) the sun. So if it's further out, then it takes longer to orbit, thus a longer year.
Does the distance from the sun affect how long a year is on that planet?
a year is determined on how long the planet takes to orbit the sun. When calculating the year of a planet we use earth days. __________________ Yes, distance counts. The farther a planet is from the sun, the longer it takes that planet to complete one full orbit.
How the lengths of years on the planets change as you move away from the sun?
The answer is given by Kepler's third law, which says that the length of the planet's year can be found from the average distance from the Sun. If T is the orbital period (the planet's "year") and D the average distance from the Sun: T2 is proportional to D3. By using the correct units this becomes simply T2 = D3 Thus: T = D1.5 This means, for example, that a planet at 4 astronomical units from the Sun would have a year length of 8 Earth years.
How longest time it takes planet to revolve around the sun?
It depend on the distance of planet from sun and size of planet. If distance increases the time ie. Year increases
How are the planets distances from the sun generally related to the length of their year and their period of revolution?
The distance a planet is from the Sun relates to the length of the planet's year because it determines the time it takes for the planet to complete one revolution around the Sun. A planet's "year" is the time taken to orbit the Sun once. The further a planet is from the Sun, the further it must travel to complete an orbit. Also, a planet moves more slowly when it is further from the Sun. The mathematical equation for all this is given by Kepler's "Third Law of Planetary Motion". Earth takes about 365.25 days to complete a revolution. So, our year is 365 days with 366 days in a "leap year".
