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The term year refers to the amount of time it takes a planet to complete a full orbit around a star. The units of time for planetary orbits are specified relative to Earth time, typically Earth days or Earth years.

The wider an orbit is of a planet, the less is the gravitational force exerted on it by a star, and thus the planet travels slower. This is affected further by the size of the planet: larger planets have greater attraction to the sun, since the gravitational force between two objects requires the masses of both objects, so they would have to travel faster to escape the gravity of their parent star(s). This is complicated further by the gravitational influences of other solar objects.

Logic aside, however, the comparison of the orbital years of planets is easily confirmed through observation. In the related NASA link below, the table shows that each planet in our solar system has a longer year the further from the sun it is. Hence, Jupiter has a longer year than Earth, Saturn has a longer year than Jupiter, and so forth.

Also, for sake of precision, keep in mind that terrestrial refers to Earth, while jovian refers to Jupiter (jovial means having good humor).

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