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Why use kilometers as a unit of measurement for distances around the inner planets?
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∙ 15y ago
The next largest unit of measurement that is commonly used would be Astronomical Units(AU) which is the distance from the earth to the sun. All of the inner planets are less than 1 AU from the sun and people like to avoid fractions. They use kilometers instead because people have some sense of how far a kilometer is.
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The earth takes one year to go around the sun do all the other planets do the same?
no. because the other planets are different distances away from the sun so it would take slightly longer for mars but quicker for Venus.
What planets are there not just in your solar system?
Planets found outside our own solar system are called exo-solar planets or exoplanets. These are in orbit around other stars. It's ver difficult to detect them due to the distances involved, but with modern techniques, over 500 have been confirmed.
Does the sun travel around the planets or do the planets travel around the sun?
The planets travel around the sun.
How Do Planets Travel Around The Sun?
the planets go around in circles around the sun
Why is the galaxy measured in light years rather than kilometers or miles?
Mostly because of the sheer number of digits it would take to write down the numbers in Kilometers or miles. A light year is 9,460,730,472,580.8 km or 5,878,630,000,000 miles. What is simpler, writing 236,518,261,814,520 kilometers or simply 25 light years? Also the speed of light is generally accepted as a constant speed, and precise way of measuring distance. (The question of why it ISN'T actually constant is a whole other issuer)
Why does each planet in the solar system have a different length of year?
All the planets in the solar system move at different speeds around the sun, and at different distances. The term "year" as in one orbit around the sun has nothing to do with a "year" as a unit of measurement on Earth.
What is a long unit of measurement that can be used to measure great distances?
a Lightyear, around 1013 kilometres.
How long those it take the planets to go once around the sun?
it depends on the planet because they r all different distances
Why does it takes some planets only days to revolve around the sun and other planets more than one hundred years?
It takes longer because the planets are differant distances away from the sun, the greater the difference the longer it take
When do planets orbit a star?
When don't they? If a planet is in orbit around a star, it is in continual orbit. Orbital periods (the lengths of time it takes different planets to complete one orbit) are different from planet to planet, and are related to the distances between the planets and their stars.
When planets orbit a star?
When don't they? If a planet is in orbit around a star, it is in continual orbit. Orbital periods (the lengths of time it takes different planets to complete one orbit) are different from planet to planet, and are related to the distances between the planets and their stars.
Is each planet an equal distance from one another?
sorta there are inner and outer planets the inner planets are alike and outer planets are alike to but inner and outer planets are different.
What measure in astonomical unites instead of kilometers?
The distance from the Sun to Earth is 149,958,000 kilometers, or 1 AU. When measuring distances around the solar system, which one would be simpler to use, km or AU? Since most interplanetary distances are expressed in AU anyway, it's easier to visualize AU than miles or kilometers.
What is the most useful unit for measuring distances within the solar system?
. . . . . . . . . .Scientists mainly use Astrological Units [abbre. AU ] to measure distances within the Solar System. 1 Astrological Unit is somewhere around 49,580,000 - 49,590,000 kilometers, or roughly 49,600,000 kilometers if you prefer to round up.- S0L+++AstroNOMICAL, NOT Astrological!Astronomy is the science, using Astronomical Units.Astrology is collective name for an assortment of similar, semi-religious beliefs.. . . . . . . . . .
The earth takes one year to go around the sun do all the other planets do the same?
no. because the other planets are different distances away from the sun so it would take slightly longer for mars but quicker for Venus.
What planets are there not just in your solar system?
Planets found outside our own solar system are called exo-solar planets or exoplanets. These are in orbit around other stars. It's ver difficult to detect them due to the distances involved, but with modern techniques, over 500 have been confirmed.
What planets go around the and go around planets?
moons go around planets and the sun
