Mercury, Days to orbit sun = 87.97, Years to orbit sun= 0.24, Average distance from sun in km = 57,909,175
Venus, Days to orbit sun = 224.70, Years to orbit sun= 0.62, Average distance from sun in km = 108,208,930
Earth, Days to orbit sun = 365.26, Years to orbit sun= 1.00, Average distance from sun in km = 149,597,890
Mars, Days to orbit sun = 686.97, Years to orbit sun= 1.88, Average distance from sun in km = 227,936,640
Jupiter, Days to orbit sun = 4331.57, Years to orbit sun= 11.86, Average distance from sun in km = 778,412,010
Saturn, Days to orbit sun = 10759.22, Years to orbit sun= 29.46, Average distance from sun in km = 1,426,725,400
Uranus, Days to orbit sun = 30799.10, Years to orbit sun= 84.32, Average distance from sun in km = 2,870,972,200
Neptune, Days to orbit sun = 60190.00, Years to orbit sun= 164.79, Average distance from sun in km = 4,498,252,900
The gravity of the sun (Sol) moves the planets faster when they are closer (Sir Isaac newton figured this out a few hundred years ago). Gravity diminishes with the square of the distance. That coupled with the fact that the farther from Sol, the longer your orbit is going to be- roughly pi times the average diameter, makes the sun the main factor in the length of the year.
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.
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".
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".
It's distance - the further it is from the Sun the further it has to travel.
Time = distance3/2Kepler's 3rd Law of Planetary Motion gives this relationship:The cube of the average distance from the Sun is proportional to the square ofthe period of revolution (year).So: (Distance)3 is proportional to (year)2
the planet would have its year shorter
Yes, the farther a planet is from the Sun, the longer it takes to go around 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.
The farther out, the longer the year.
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.
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.
the closer the smaller orbit (a year is one complete orbit) so the year is smaller
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.
Not at all. The planet's daily rotation is independent of its distance 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.
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.
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.
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".