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If it takes a planet 8 years to orbit the Sun how long (in years) will it take the planet to go all the way around our sky once?
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∙ 7y ago
The planets have orbits of varying periods: the further out they are, the longer it takes them to orbit the sun. Earth takes one year to orbit the sun, Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, takes about 3 months, and Neptune, the planet furthest from the sun, takes nearly 165 years.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoA year
year
noun /yi(ə)r/
years, plural
The time taken by a planet to make one revolution around the sun
The period of 365 days (or 366 days in leap years) starting from the first of January, used for reckoning time in ordinary affairs
day
noun /dā/
days, plural
A period of twenty-four hours as a unit of time, reckoned from one midnight to the next, corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis
The part of this period when it is light; the time between sunrise and sunset
- she sleeps all day and goes out at night
- the animals hunt by day
The time spent working during such a period
- he works an eight-hour day
A single rotation of a planet in relation to its primary
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∙ 13y agoPlanetDays to orbit sunYears to orbit sunMercury87.970.24Venus224.700.62Earth365.261.00Mars686.971.88Jupiter4331.5711.86Saturn10759.2229.46Uranus30799.1084.32Neptune60190.00164.79
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∙ 11y agoIt takes a year for a planet to circle the sun, but bear in mind, each planet has its own year. The closer a planet is to the sun, the faster the orbit. Mercury orbits very rapidly, and Neptune orbits very slowly. But no matter how quickly or slowly a planet orbits the sun, we call it a year.
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∙ 6y agoThe length of a day (day/night rotation) on each of the eight planets, measured in Earth time:
1. Mercury = 58d 15h 30m
2. Venus = 116d 18h
3. Earth = 24h
4. Mars = 24h 40m
5. Jupiter = 9h 56m
6. Saturn = 10h 42m
7. Uranus = 17h 14m
8. Neptune = 16h 6m
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∙ 13y agoWell for Earth it is 365 days or one year. Actually for all planets it is one year it's just that some have longer or shorter years than we do.
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∙ 7y ago24 hours ! It would appear to move at the same rate the stars do.
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∙ 11y ago365.2 days
to orbit the sun
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What is the sun's orbit?
If you are referring to the orbit of the Earth, it means approximately 365.256 days has passed. Other planets in our solar system obviously take different paths, or "Orbits, thusly taking a different number of Earth days to complete one "Orbit of the Sun. For example, the planet Mercury is closest to the sun, thereby it has a smaller "Orbit" and completes 1 orbit of the Sun in approximately 88 Earth days. On the other extreme, the planet Neptune takes approximately 164.8 Earth Years (60,189 Earth Days) The approximation of 365.256 Earth days per year is used. I hope this helps answer the question.
How is planet's distance from the sun related to the length of its orbits?
Yes, there is a relationship between the distance from the sun and the length of the year for the planets. The greater the distance from the sun, the longer the year. The reasons are explained in Newton's Laws of Gravity and Einstein's Theory of Relativity. A planets year is known as the distance a planet takes to travel around the Sun in a complete orbit. For example, in 365 days time, or one year, the Earth will have traveled around the Sun and be back in the position it is in right now. When compared to Earth, the closer a planet is to the the Sun, the shorter its years are (Mercury, Venus). Planets further away from the Sun have longer years when compared to an Earth year (Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto). So we say that a year on Mercury compared to ours only lasts 88 Earth days, whereas a year on Neptune takes about 60000 Earth days (nearly 165 Earth years). The cube of the distance is proportional to the square of the length of the year or orbital period. For example, Jupiter is about 5.2 times as far from the Sun as the Earth is. Cube 5.2. Now take the square root of the result. That's how many times longer Jupiter's year is than Earth's year. Distance (in AU's) cubed equals orbit time (in earth years) squared. For example, Mars is 1.52 AU with an orbit time of 1.88 Earth years. 1.52^3 == 1.88^2 (�= 3.54) Neptune is 30.11 AU and orbit time of 164.79 Earth years. 30.11^3 == 164.79^2 (�=27295.25) The length of the planet's year is equal to the distance to the power 1.5. So for a planet at 4 times the distance, the rotation period would be 8 times longer (Kepler's 2nd law).
What does Keplers third law statement?
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion:1] Each planet moves in an elliptical orbit with the sun at one focus2] The line form the sun to any planet sweeps out equal areas of space in equal time intervals3] The squares of the times of revolution (days, months or years) of the planets are proportional to the cubes of their average distances from the sun.
How long does rubber to decompose or rot?
I have heard from some that it takes around 1000 years to decompose. Hope this helps!
How many Earth years does it take for Earth to orbit the sun?
The period is about 365.25 earth days The calendar omits the extra 1/4 day, and every 4 years we have a "leap year" of 366 days to keep the calendar as close as possible to the yearly seasons. Years ending in "00" are only leap years when the hundreds digits are also divisible by 4 (e.g. 1600, 2000).
Which planet takes 250 years to orbit around the sun?
The planet you are referring to is the dwarf planet Pluto, which takes just over 248 years to orbit the Sun.
What planet takes 1.88 earth years to orbit the sun?
The planet Mars, which is the fourth planet from the sun, takes 1.88 Earth years to make one full orbit around the sun.
How long is Neptune's orbit?
Neptune's orbit takes 125 years to get around the sun.
Which planet takes 164 earth years to move around the sun?
Neptune, the furthest planet from the sun, takes around 164 years to make one orbit of the sun (164.79132 years).
Which planet takes 30 times longer than earth to orbit the sun?
Saturn. It takes around 29.5 years to orbit our sun.
Which planet takes almost 2 earth years to orbit the sun?
the planet takes almost 2 earth years to orbit the sun is Jupiter
What is the time it takes to make one orbit around the sun for the planet Uranus?
84.02 Earth years
Which planet takes 22 years to orbit the sun?
no planet does thought Saturn orbit is 29.5 years so this might be your question
Why does halleys planet appear every 76 years?
Because that's how long its orbit takes just like our orbit around the sun takes 12 months/ a year
What planet takes about 270 years to orbit?
Although it is no longer regarded as a planet, Pluto is the closest to that, taking about 248 years to orbit the Sun.
It takes 29 earth years for this planet to travel around the sun once?
No, actually it takes 365.26 days to orbit around the sun. This is one year.
What planet takes ninety years to orbit the sun?
The planet with the nearest orbital time is Uranus. That takes about 84 Earth years.
