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What is it called When a planet's orbit takes it closer to the sun?
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agoWhen a Planet moves around the sun it is called an orbit, as it orbits around the sun.
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∙ 13y agoThe point of closest approach is called perihelion. Aphelion is the point where the planet is the farthest away.
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∙ 11y agoThe geocentric theory was the idea that the sun moved around the planets.
But later it was disproved by the heliocentric theory that we know today.
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∙ 14y agoone revolution of
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∙ 14y agoPlanets ORBIT around stars.
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∙ 11y agoA heliocentric orbit .
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∙ 15y agorotation
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∙ 14y agoOrbit.
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What planets takes 365.25 days to orbit the sun?
earth
What takes long to orbit the sun inner or outer planets?
The outer planets take longer.
When planets orbit a star?
When don't they? If a planet is in orbit around a star, it is in continual orbit. Orbital periods (the lengths of time it takes different planets to complete one orbit) are different from planet to planet, and are related to the distances between the planets and their stars.
What time is taken by a planet to orbit the sun?
Different planets have different times to orbit the Sun. Mercury takes 88 days. Uranus takes 84 Earth years.
How long does Saturn take to orbit the planets in the solar system?
Saturn orbits the Sun like the other planets, it does not orbit anything else. One orbit for Saturn takes 29.4571 Earth years.
What do you call the path to the planets takes what keeps the planets on this path?
The path a planet takes is called an orbit.The planets are kept in orbit by the gravitational pull of the star (in our case the Sun) they orbit.
Why outer planets take longer to orbit than inner planets?
Because gravity is stronger as it gets closer to the planet it is orbiting. and orbits are caused by the gravity of the planit they are rotating.
Which of the planets take less than a year to orbit the sun?
The two closer to the sun than the earth, mercury and Venus. The further you go out from the sun, the longer it takes to orbit it.
What is the path planets takes around the sun called?
The path is called the orbit. There are 8 planets (excluding Pluto and the other dwarf planets) with separate paths at various unique distances from the Sun.The planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (in order of increasing distance from the Sun).The path that a planet takes while traveling around the sun is called its orbit. Mercury has the fastest orbit, at 88 days. Neptune has the longest orbit, at 165 years.
The path the planet takes around the sun?
The path the planets take around the sun, is called a orbit.
Do planets orbit once a year?
Only the earth orbits the sun once a year. Mars orbits the sun once every 2 years. As you get closer to the sun the planets orbit the sun in less than a year. As you get past Mars, it takes even longer.
What planets takes 365.25 days to orbit the sun?
earth
Why does the moon seem to pass close to other planets during its orbit?
The satellite that orbits the planet Earth is called Moon, and completes a complete orbit cycle once every 27.32 days. The Moon may appear closer to other planets at times because the path the Moon takes around the Earth is elliptical, meaning more oval then circular.
Why do planets orbit the sun longer than other planets do?
because the farther a planet is from the sun, the longer it takes to make one orbit
What takes long to orbit the sun inner or outer planets?
The outer planets take longer.
When do planets orbit a star?
When don't they? If a planet is in orbit around a star, it is in continual orbit. Orbital periods (the lengths of time it takes different planets to complete one orbit) are different from planet to planet, and are related to the distances between the planets and their stars.
When planets orbit a star?
When don't they? If a planet is in orbit around a star, it is in continual orbit. Orbital periods (the lengths of time it takes different planets to complete one orbit) are different from planet to planet, and are related to the distances between the planets and their stars.
