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Why do Mercury and Venus take less time to revolve around the Sun than the Earth does?
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∙ 7y ago
The relationship between the time of the orbit and the distance from the primary is rock-solid; the closer you are to the central body in the system, the faster the body will travel and the shorter the orbit will be.
Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites are about 150 miles up, and orbit the Earth in 90 minutes. Geo-synchronous satellites are 22,500 miles up, and orbit the Earth in 24 hours. The Moon is 250,000 miles away, and orbits the Earth in 28 days.
Mercury is closest to the Sun, and zips around its orbit in 88 days. Venus is a little farther away and orbits in 224 days. Earth is further away, and takes 365 days. Other more distant planets take longer and longer times to orbit.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 9y agoBecause Venus is closer, and it moves more quickly as well, so there are two things making it go round in a shorter time.
The orbital period, the time to go round the Sun once, is proportional to the 1.5 power of the radius of the orbit, discovered by Kepler in about 1605. The orbital speed is proportional to the -0.5 power of the radius (the reciprocal of the square root).
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∙ 11y agoIt is closer to the Sun.
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Do moons revolve around other planets?
Yes. A moon (or natural satellite) do revolve around other planets besides Earth. The only two planets without moons revolving around them are Mercury and Venus.
How long does it take venus to revolve once?
It takes Venus about 243 Earth days to rotate once. It takes Venus about 225 Earth days to revolve once around the Sun.
How many earth days does venus take to rotate?
Venus takes 88 Earth days to revolve around the Sun.
What planets are located between the sun the earth?
mercury and venus
The first four planets are called the?
Mercury,Venus,earth,and mars
How many years does it take the earth to revolve around venus?
The Earth does not revolve around Venus. Both the Earth and Venus revolve around the Sun. The Earth takes about 365.25 days to do so, and Venus takes about 224.7 days to do so.
Which planets revolve around the sun?
All of the planets in our solar system revolve around our sun.MercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptune
Which planets have moons that revolve around them?
All except Mercury and Venus.
Do moons revolve around other planets?
Yes. A moon (or natural satellite) do revolve around other planets besides Earth. The only two planets without moons revolving around them are Mercury and Venus.
Are the Sun Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter and Saturn stars?
No. The sun is the only star in the above list. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are called planets. These planets revolve around a star, and that star is the sun.
How long does it take venus to revolve once?
It takes Venus about 243 Earth days to rotate once. It takes Venus about 225 Earth days to revolve once around the Sun.
What planets in the solar system in order all revolve around the sun?
planets from the sun in order: mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranis, and neptune.
How does the sun revolve?
Thats silly! The sun does not revolve, as the sun sits in the middle of The Milky Way(our system) While all the planets including: Mars,Venus,Earth,Mercury,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,Pluto, all in that order, revolve around the sun
How many earth days does venus take to rotate?
Venus takes 88 Earth days to revolve around the Sun.
How many days does Venus take to revolve around sun?
227.4 earth days.
How many planets are closer to the sun than earth?
There are two planets closer to the sun than the Earth: Venus and Mercury. Earth orbits at around 150,000,000 km from the sun. Venus is at 105,000,000 km and Mercury is at around 60,000,000 km.
Does Venus revolve?
Yes. Venus revolves around the Sun with a period of 224.7 Earth days. It also rotates around its axis with a retrograde period of 243 Earth days.
