How many times does the planet Mars circle the sun in a year?

Answer 1

Mars takes more than one (Earth) year to orbit the sun; about 687 (Earth) days. (Slightly less in Martian days, since the Martian day is about 40 minutes longer than an Earth Day). It obviously orbits the sun in precisely 1 Martian year, of course.

Answer 2

That depends on what you mean by 'year'. An Earth year is the amount of time it takes for the Earth to go once around the Sun. A Martian Year is the amount of time it takes Mars to go once around the Sun.

Therefore Mars goes around the Sun once every Martian Year.

Martian Years are almost twice as long as Earth years so Mars only gets half-way around the Sun in one Earth Year.

Answer 3

Mars continually orbits the Sun; It doesn't stop.

So, once per relative year (that is a Martian year).

Answer 4

Mars orbits the sun in 687 days, approximately.

Answer 5

-- In a Mars year: Exactly 1.000 time -- In an Earth year: 53 % of one time

Answer 6

Roughly 2,600,000 times.