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How does a planets distance from the sun affect the length of a year on that planet?
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∙ 12y ago
the closer the smaller orbit (a year is one complete orbit) so the year is smaller
Alvah Stokes
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∙ 14y agoBased on how far away a planet is from the sun affects the length of a planet's year because it has a grater distance to travel. Simple physics; the farther away something is from a point, the longer it will take to revolve around that point or reach that point. For example, take Venus, the second planet from the sun. A year on Venus is 225 earth days. A year on Uranus is 30,687 earth days. For future reference, here are all of the planet years in earth days.
Mercury: 88 Earth days
Venus: 225 Earth days
Earth: 365 Earth days
Mars: 687 Earth days
Jupiter: 4,331 Earth days
Saturn: 10,756 Earth days
Uranus: 30,687 Earth days
Neptune: 60,225 Earth days
Pluto (if you still consider it a planet): 90,553 Earth days
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∙ 12y agoAll planets rotate around the sun. For every rotation around the sun one year has passed. If a planet is further away from the sun then it has more distance to cover and therefore it will take longer to rotate around the sun, meaning that a year on that planet will be longer.
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How does a planet's distance from the sun affect other characteristics of the planet?
It affects the characteristics of the planets by the highs and lows of the temperature of the planet. It also would affect, if there was, the life on the outer planets. If there were life on the outer planets, they would freeze. [Jupiter mostly heats itself by it's core. Jupiter was going to be a star, but it didn't weigh enough or wasn't hot enough to become a star.]
How does the distance of the sun affect the velocity of a planet?
From Kepler's laws it can be shown that the orbital speeds of the planets are proportional to the inverse square root of their distances from the Sun. Thus a planets at four times the distance would travel at half the speed.
What is the relationship between earth day length and the distance from the sun?
There is no direct relationship between the rotation of a planet (which governs day length) and a planets distance from the sun. The nature of the planets spin is more to do with the formation of the system early on, by large impacts of the more numerous bodies that would have been around.
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.
Why does each planet have different facts?
planets have diffrent facts of other planets because of there size and distance from 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.
Describe the relationship between a planets distance from the Sun and the length ofa a season on that planet?
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How does a planets distance from the sun affect its period of revolution?
How does a planet's distance from the sun affect its period of revolution?
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.
Does a planet's distance from the sun affect it's density?
Very generally, the outer four planets are less dense than the four inner rocky planets, but it's more to do with planet type rather than their distance from the sun.
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.
What is the distance from the planets?
the distance from the planets is 6.5 million miles between each planet.
How does the distance affect the time it takes the earth and the other planets to go around the sun?
it can affect the time bec. when the planet is near the sun it will rotates very fast than the other far planets....
What are the planets that affect gravity?
every planet
What factors would affect the length of the day?
The length of the day would change if either the rotational speed of the the planet or the orbital distance from the sun changed. However, if you mean what factors affect the length of daylight, then that is different.
How does planet distance from the sun affect the period of revolution?
How does a planet's distance from the sun affect its period of revolution?
How does a planet's distance from the sun affect other characteristics of the planet?
It affects the characteristics of the planets by the highs and lows of the temperature of the planet. It also would affect, if there was, the life on the outer planets. If there were life on the outer planets, they would freeze. [Jupiter mostly heats itself by it's core. Jupiter was going to be a star, but it didn't weigh enough or wasn't hot enough to become a star.]
