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What is the Orbital radius when the planet is closest to the sun?
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The point when an orbiting object is closest to the central object is called periapsis. For the specific case of planets around the Sun, the term perihelion is used as well.
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The square of the orbital period of a planet around the sun is proportional to the cube of the planet's orbital radius?
Yes, spot on, good guess . .
Which planet orbits the sun every 165 days?
Mercury is the planet that orbits the sun every 165 days. It is the closest planet to the sun in our solar system and has the shortest orbital period.
Which planet is very closest to the sun?
Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun.
Planet Mercury is what planet from the sun?
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun
The square of the orbital period of a planet around the sun is proportional to the cube of the planet's orbital radius This follows the?
That's Kepler's third law. He derived it empirically from Tycho's observational data, and it can be derived from Newton's law of universal gravitation.
The square of the orbital period of a planet around the sun is proportional to the cube of the planet's orbital radius?
Yes, spot on, good guess . .
Which planet orbit around the sun first?
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and has an orbital period of 88 Earth days. (Pluto in contrast has an orbital period of about 248 Earth years.)
Which planet orbits the sun every 165 days?
Mercury is the planet that orbits the sun every 165 days. It is the closest planet to the sun in our solar system and has the shortest orbital period.
What planet is the fastest to revolve around the sun?
Mercury. As it is closest to the sun, it completes the fastest orbital rotation, in just 88 days.
What is planet closet to the sun?
Mercury is the planet closest to the sun.
Which planet has the shortest orbital period and how long is it?
The planet Mercury has the shortest orbit time, because it is the closest to the sun.
What planet takes 637 days to rotate around the sun?
Mars is closest, with a orbital period of around 687 days.
Is Mercury really the planet of speed?
Being the planet closest to the Sun, Mercury is the planet that travels fastest in its orbit, and the planet that completes an orbital revolution in the shortest time. Mercury circles the sun in only 88 earth days.
What is the planet colsest to the sun?
thw planet closest to the sun is venus
What planet has a year that is only 88 earth days long?
Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, has an orbital period (year) equal to 88 Earth days.
What planet has a year is only 88 earth days long?
Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, has an orbital period (year) equal to 88 Earth days.
What is the 1st closest planet to the sun?
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun
