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Out of the inner planets, Mars has the longest orbital period (year), because of two things:

• Mars is farther away from the Sun than the rest of the inner planets. Imagine this; if you are walking around a pole ten feet (three meters) away from it at all times in a path that is in the shape of a circle, and someone else walks around the pole twenty feet (six meters) away from it in a circular shape, you will walk completely around it twice while the other person walks around it once. This is because the other person is further away from the pole than you are, so his path is longer.

• Mars orbits the Sun slower than the rest of the inner planets. This is because, since Mars is further away from the Sun than the rest of the inner planets, it is affected less by the gravitational pull of the Sun.

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