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Mars takes longer to orbit Sun than Mercury because it is farther away from the sun, so it travels a longer distance.
Mars is not always the same distance from the sun because it has an elliptical orbit. If it had a perfectly circular orbit, then it would always be the same distance from the sun.
Since Mars is the planet with the second most elliptical (non-circular) orbit in our Solar System, the distance from Mars to the Sun varies greatly. At its closest approach during the course of its orbit, Mars can be about 129 million miles (207 million km) away from the Sun. At the point on its orbit when it is fathest from the Sun, Mars can be up to 155 million miles (249 million km) away from the Sun. Mars's average distance from the Sun (called Mars's semi-major axis), however, is 142 million miles (228 million km).
mars is the 4th planet from the sun and it does orbit
Forget the small distance between Earth and Moon. The distance from Earth to Mars varies a lot, because Earth's orbit around the sun is much smaller than Mars' orbit. The minimum distance from the Earth to Mars is about 54.6 million kilometers. The farthest apart they can be is about 401 million km. The average distance is about 225 million km.
Mars takes longer to orbit Sun than Mercury because it is farther away from the sun, so it travels a longer distance.
Mars travels at somewhere around 24,000 m/s in its orbit around the sun. You can work this out by finding the distance of Mars to the Sun (the radius of orbit), finding the total distance of orbit (multiply your radius by 2*pi - assuming a circular orbit, which is ROUGHLY a good approximation), then divide by length of a Mars year. Enjoy.
Mars is not always the same distance from the sun because it has an elliptical orbit. If it had a perfectly circular orbit, then it would always be the same distance from the sun.
Mars travels around the sun at a little over 54,000 mph and completes an orbit in roughly 687 Earth days
Mars is the second planet from the sun. It has an elliptical orbit so the distance may vary.It is 142,000,000 miles away from the sun and 229,000,000 kilometers.
Since Mars is the planet with the second most elliptical (non-circular) orbit in our Solar System, the distance from Mars to the Sun varies greatly. At its closest approach during the course of its orbit, Mars can be about 129 million miles (207 million km) away from the Sun. At the point on its orbit when it is fathest from the Sun, Mars can be up to 155 million miles (249 million km) away from the Sun. Mars's average distance from the Sun (called Mars's semi-major axis), however, is 142 million miles (228 million km).
mars is the 4th planet from the sun and it does orbit
The mean distance of Mars to the Sun is about 228 million kilometers. However the martian orbit is quite eccentric which leads to a difference of nearly 42 million kilometers between the furthest and the closest distance distance from the Sun.
Forget the small distance between Earth and Moon. The distance from Earth to Mars varies a lot, because Earth's orbit around the sun is much smaller than Mars' orbit. The minimum distance from the Earth to Mars is about 54.6 million kilometers. The farthest apart they can be is about 401 million km. The average distance is about 225 million km.
Yes. The grater the distance, the longer an object takes to orbit.
All planets orbit the Sun.
The distance of a planet from the Sun affects its time to revolve around the Sun because the circumference of its orbit is larger; hence, the planet has to travel a longer line to complete one revolution. Earth, for example, travels along its orbit at over 29 kilometers per second. The planet Mars travels along its orbit at about 24 kilometers per second, so not much slower. However, Mars is farther away and hence its journey is longer, so it still takes about 687 days for Mars to complete one revolution versus Earth's 365 days. This only addresses how distance from the Sun can influence the revolution time -- tidal effects on the planets also affect how quickly they move along their orbit.