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Because Mars rotates slower than Earth
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What is the rotation of mars on its axis at a time?
Mars takes just a little longer than earth does, at 24.6229 hours or 1.6 earth days
How long does it take for Mars to orbit the sun compared to Earth?
It takes Earth about 365 Earth days to orbit the sun. It takes Mars about 687 Earth days to orbit the sun. This means it takes Mars about 1.88 times longer to orbit the sun than Earth.
Is the rotation of mars period longer or shorter than earths?
Longer. A day on Mars is around 39 minutes longer than a day on Earth, and it also takes Mars 668 days to make one trip around the sun (which means that seasons on Mars are also nearly twice as long as seasons on Earth are).
Why are the days on Mars longer?
The length of a planet's day depends on the speed of its rotation. Mars rotates slightly more slowly than Earth does, and so it has a slightly longer day.
Is a year on Mars longer or shorter than an earth year?
Astronomers refer to a planet's orbital period as its year. On that basis Mars does have a longer year than Earth.
Which planet is older mars or earth?
Jupiter has a longer year (about 4300 Earth days) than Mars (687 Earth days) because it is much further away from the Sun, and so has a longer distance to travel to complete one orbit (and it also goes more slowly as a result of the distance)
What planet has longer days and years and is rocky?
Mars has a longer year than Earth (about twice as long) and its day is 24 hours and 38 minutes long.
Which planet takes a year longer than the earth to orbit the sun?
Mars, with a orbital period of around 687 days, almost two Earth years (which would be 730 days).
Is a day on Mars longer than a year on Mars?
Yes. A day (rotation around its axis) on venus 240- something [earth] days. (I think its 243.) a year (rotation around the sun) on venus is only 225 earth days. a day on venus is longer than a year.
Which planet have days longer than 24hrs?
A day on Mars is less than an hour longer. Venus and Mercury have far longer days.
How many Earth Days does MArs Have?
It takes nearly twice as much time for Mars to get around the Sun than Earth. In Earth days, it takes Mars 686.980 days to make the same orbit.
Do any planets have longer days or years?
No two planets in our solar system have the same length of day or length of year. Compared with Earth, these planets have longer years: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. These have much longer days than Earth: Mercury and Venus. Mars has a day that's slightly longer than Earth's day. Depending on the particular definition of "day" that is used, two planets have a day that's longer than than that planet's year. They are Mercury (solar day) and Venus (sidereal day).
