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When the planets are farther away from the sun they go - what is the answer?
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They go more slowly. That's because there is less gravity.
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How do the planets farther from the Sun differ from the planets that are closer to the Sun?
The farther away from the sun, the farther apart the orbits of the planets become (the planets farther away from the sun are more spaced out). The average distance between Mercury and Venus, the two closest planets to the sun, is about 0.779 au. The average distance from Mars to Jupiter, the two planets in the middle, is about 5.32 as. The average distance from Uranus to Neptune, the two planets farthest from the sun, is about 33.2 au.
What celestial body controls the movement of the planets?
No celestial body controls the movement of the planets; gravity does. The sun serves as the center of Earth's solar system and provides the greatest gravitational force. This causes the other planets to revolve around the sun. Planets' distances from the sun affect their speed. For instance, Jupiter, which is about 5 times farther from the sun than the Earth is, takes far longer than a year to circle the sun not only because it is farther, but also because the distance weakens gravity and causes it to go slower because it is trying to move out of the Sun's pull.
How do the planets go from the sun?
The Inner Planets:MercuryVenusEarthMarsThe Outer Planets: JupiterSaturnUranusNeptune
Why stars appear as points while planets appear as discs?
The farther away something is, the smaller it appears. Some stars are so far away that it takes billions of years for the starlight to go from the star to your eyes.
Why planets have different orbiting time?
Saturn is further from the sun than is Mars, so it has to travel further to go around the Sun once. As a result it takes Saturn longer to go around the Sun than it takes Mars. Since a year for any planet is the time it takes for it to go around the sun, the year for Saturn is longer than the year for Mars.
How does the of the planet temperature vary with the distance from the Sun?
Roughly speaking, as you go farther away from the Sun, planets get colder.
Why does it take longer for the planets farther from the sun to revolve around the sun?
They have a longer distance to travel. If you go around something, the further away from it you are, the longer the journey you have to go will be.
How do the planets farther from the Sun differ from the planets that are closer to the Sun?
The farther away from the sun, the farther apart the orbits of the planets become (the planets farther away from the sun are more spaced out). The average distance between Mercury and Venus, the two closest planets to the sun, is about 0.779 au. The average distance from Mars to Jupiter, the two planets in the middle, is about 5.32 as. The average distance from Uranus to Neptune, the two planets farthest from the sun, is about 33.2 au.
Why do some planets take longer to revolve?
Because they are farther away from the sun, and the sun is what they revolve around, so they have a longer distance to go. That obviously makes the day longer on that planet, along with all other time measurements. Some planets take longer to revolve because of their distance to the sun. The further a planet is, the more distance it has to cover and the weaker the sun's gravitational pull is. Planets farther away from the sun move more slowly, and have more distance to cover.
Does the sun go farther away?
Not in any important timescale.
What happens to the length of the planet year as you move away from the sun?
I would define a "planetary year" as the time it takes to make one complete orbit around the sun. The farther from the sun you go the farther the distance one orbit is (larger radius = larger circumference). The length of the planetary year depends upon the distance from the sun and the orbital speed of the planet. This website has some handy information about the planets in our solar system. http:/wwwzperiodzenchantedlearningzperiodzcom/subjects/astronomy/planets -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It should be noted however that some farther away planets have shorter planetary years than earth and some closer planets have longer planetary years (due to orbital speed).
Does the other planets go around the sun?
Our nine planets orbit around the Sun. Other planets that are light-years away orbit around their suns (A sun is just a large star with planets). Hope this helped!
How does the distance from the sun effect planets orbit?
In general, the planets that are farther from the Sun move slower, and take longer to go around the Sun. The quantitative relationship (i.e., exactly how much slower) is expressed by Kepler's Third Law.
Do planets travel at the same speed as they orbit the sun?
No. The the planets closest to the sun orbit the fastest. Mercury, the first planet from the sun orbits at about 107,000 mph. Earth orbits at about 65,000 mph, and Neptune, the farthest planet, orbits at about 12,000 mph.
How far is the planets away sun and how manymoons do they have and the diameter?
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/charchart.cfm Go onto the above site.
Why do the planets further the sun have longer years?
Because the farther away from the sun, the longer it will take to travel around it in an orbit. Also the planets move slower when further away due to less gravitational pull. Believe it or not, there are dwarf planet far out in the oort cloud that take thousands of Earth years for one of there years. If you do not know what the oort cloud is, it is the furthest region, where comets, some asteroids, and a few dwarf planets are found, and at the end of the oort cloud is where the sun's gravitational dominance ends. Oh, and I'm a 14 year old answering this.
What celestial body controls the movement of the planets?
No celestial body controls the movement of the planets; gravity does. The sun serves as the center of Earth's solar system and provides the greatest gravitational force. This causes the other planets to revolve around the sun. Planets' distances from the sun affect their speed. For instance, Jupiter, which is about 5 times farther from the sun than the Earth is, takes far longer than a year to circle the sun not only because it is farther, but also because the distance weakens gravity and causes it to go slower because it is trying to move out of the Sun's pull.
