The period of revolution refers to the amount of time it takes one thing to move completely around another thing. An example of a period of revolution is the amount of time it takes the earth to move around the sun.
All the planets have a period of revolution - meaning the time they take to orbit around the Sun. It repesents a "year" for that planet. The length of the year is longer for planets farther from the Sun: they have much farther to travel and are moving at a slower orbital velocity. For the Earth, the period of revolution is about 365.25 Earth days.
A planet's period of rotation is the time it takes to spin once on its axis (a day).
For the 8 major planets, the length of the year (period of revolution) in Earth time:
Mercury = 88 days (0.25 Earth years) - 2.9 months
Venus = 224.7 days (0.67 Earth years) - 7.4 months
Earth = 365.25 days (1 Earth year) - 12 months
Mars = 687 days (1.88 Earth years) - 1 year, 2.5 months
Jupiter = 4332.6 days (11.86 Earth years) - 11 years, 10.3 months
Saturn = 10759 days (29.46 Earth years) - 29 years 5.5 months
Uranus = 30799 days (84.3 Earth years) - 84 years, 3.6 months
Neptune = 60190 days (164.8 Earth years) - 164 years, 9.6 months
PlanetDays to orbit sunYears to orbit sunMercury87.970.24Venus224.700.62Earth365.261.00Mars686.971.88Jupiter4331.5711.86Saturn10759.2229.46Uranus30799.1084.32Neptune60190.00164.79
In terms of astronomy, a revolution usually refers to an orbit of one body around another. Rotation usually refers to a body spinning on its axis.
The period of revolution of a body going around the sun is called a year
The Sun doesnt Rotate
Round its own axis, one day; round the Sun, one year.
The period of revolution of a planetis thetimein whichthe planet revolves oncearound the Sunin its orbital path.
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The period of a planet's revolution is the time that it takes to complete one revolution around its axis of rotation relative to the background stars (also known as rotation period).
The revolution period of planets is a bit random but only the most massive planets have a gravity field strong enough for them to rotate quickly without flying apart. So the fastest rotator is also the biggest, Jupiter at 9 hr 55 m. Comment : Assuming the questioner was using the word "revolution" correctly, this question is about the orbital periods of the planets. The answer then is: The nearer a planet is to the Sun the shorter its revolution period.
The planets are not all the same distance from the Sun, which determines how far they have to travel, and how fast they are moving. Planets farther from the Sun have much longer orbits and are not moving as quickly. So their period of revolution (year) is longer.
Hi Venus is the only planet that has the revolution period closest to that of the Earth. Venus with a revolution time of 224.7 Earth days. Venus is the brightest of all the planets in the solar system and is known as the Earth's twin sister due to the similarity between the two planets in terms of Size, mass etc.
The farther it is from the sun the longer its period of revolution (its "year").
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How does a planet's distance from the sun affect its period of revolution?
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The period of a planet's revolution is the time that it takes to complete one revolution around its axis of rotation relative to the background stars (also known as rotation period).
The revolution period of planets is a bit random but only the most massive planets have a gravity field strong enough for them to rotate quickly without flying apart. So the fastest rotator is also the biggest, Jupiter at 9 hr 55 m. Comment : Assuming the questioner was using the word "revolution" correctly, this question is about the orbital periods of the planets. The answer then is: The nearer a planet is to the Sun the shorter its revolution period.
The planets are not all the same distance from the Sun, which determines how far they have to travel, and how fast they are moving. Planets farther from the Sun have much longer orbits and are not moving as quickly. So their period of revolution (year) is longer.