Yes, there is a relationship between the distance from the sun and the length of the year for the planets. The greater the distance from the sun, the longer the year. The reasons are explained in Newton's Laws of Gravity and Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
A planets year is known as the distance a planet takes to travel around the Sun in a complete orbit. For example, in 365 days time, or one year, the Earth will have traveled around the Sun and be back in the position it is in right now. When compared to Earth, the closer a planet is to the the Sun, the shorter its years are (Mercury, Venus). Planets further away from the Sun have longer years when compared to an Earth year (Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto). So we say that a year on Mercury compared to ours only lasts 88 Earth days, whereas a year on Neptune takes about 60000 Earth days (nearly 165 Earth years).
The cube of the distance is proportional to the square of the length of the year or orbital period.
For example, Jupiter is about 5.2 times as far from the Sun as the Earth is. Cube 5.2. Now take the square root of the result. That's how many times longer Jupiter's year is than Earth's year.
Distance (in AU's) cubed equals orbit time (in earth years) squared. For example, Mars is 1.52 AU with an orbit time of 1.88 Earth years. 1.52^3 == 1.88^2 (�= 3.54) Neptune is 30.11 AU and orbit time of 164.79 Earth years. 30.11^3 == 164.79^2 (�=27295.25)
The length of the planet's year is equal to the distance to the power 1.5. So for a planet at 4 times the distance, the rotation period would be 8 times longer (Kepler's 2nd law).
The closer a planet is to the Sun the faster it travels.
For more information look up Kepler's 3 laws.
Kepler's third law is the key to solve this question. It is written as: P^2 = a^3
Or: P2 = a3
That's means:
the period of revolution squared (in Earth years) = the average distance from Sun cubed (in astronomical units).
(Strictly speaking "a" is the semi major axis of the orbit, but it's the same thing.)
Nova Net answer - distance to the sun
The farther a planet is from the sun, the longer the circumference of its orbit is, AND the slower it travels in its orbit. These are the two reasons ... they're actually connected ... why the farther planets have longer periods of revolution.
Closer planets have a short orbit time, while further planets take longer to orbit the sun. The further a planet is from the sun, the slower it's orbital speed. Additionally, it has to travel further, so it takes longer to orbit.
The further a plant is from the sun, the larger it's orbit. The order from the closest to the sun (with the smallest orbit first) is: Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune (remember Pluto is no longer considered a planet as it is so small)
There is a relationship between the planets distance from the sun and the time taken for one orbit (planets year), described in Keplars third law. The square root of the time taken to orbit the sun is proportional to the cube of the average distance between the sun.
for the planets in our solar system;
PlanetAverage distance from sun in kmDays to orbit sunYears to orbit sunMercury57,909,17587.970.24Venus108,208,930224.700.62Earth149,597,890365.261.00Mars227,936,640686.971.88Jupiter778,412,0104331.5711.86Saturn1,426,725,40010759.2229.46Uranus2,870,972,20030799.1084.32Neptune4,498,252,90060190.00164.79
The further a planet is from the sun, the longer it takes to orbit the sun. One orbit is a year for that planet. Mercury takes about 88 days. Pluto takes about 248 of our years to complete its orbit.
The simple relationship is: The larger the orbit, the longer the orbital period.
The relationship in sharper focus:
[ (The orbital period)2 divided by (the radius of the orbit)3 ]
is the same number for each body in orbit around the same central body.
This fact falls out of one of Kepler's laws when they're algebraically massaged.
Yes. Thde distance to the sun is 150Gm. The orbit time is 2 pi 150Gm/29814 =365 hours, where velocity = 29814 m/s= sqrt(GM/R).
Definitely. The farther --> the longer.
The Earth and other planets of the solar system move in orbits around the sun.
A satellite is any mass that orbits a larger mass. A satellite may be a planet, moon, asteroid, or comet. The word 'satellite' is also used to refer to any man-made object launched to orbit Earth or another planetary body. Artificial satellites may be spacecraft or orbiting telescopes.
This is true if the angular velocity is not a variable. That being said this is the reason why the outer planets such as Saturn and Jupiter have such long Solar orbits as opposed to Earth,
Really, the best way to differ between a dwarf and regular planet is by looking at their size, and comparing it to Mercury's size, which is our smallest Planet. The size difference is usually obvious, but in some cases, you may need to refer to an actual chart because of how big that small dwarf planet may be.See the related link for definition
That depends on what it orbits. If it orbits the Sun or another star, it may be called a planet, a dwarf planet, or an asteroid (or planetoid), depending on the size. If it orbits a planet, it is called a Moon. It is also possible for two stars to orbit each other (orbit their center of mass, actually).
Different planets have different orbit lengths because of their distance from the sun. Planets closer to the sun have shorter orbits, and planets farther away have longer orbits.
Of the major planets, Neptune. The speed of planets in their orbits is directly related to their distance from the sun. The farther a planet is from the Sun, the slower its orbital speed.
If two planets are in orbits with radii of R1 and R2, the distance between them varies from R2-R1 to R2+R1.
Keplar showed that there is a relationship between the planets distance from the sun and the time taken for one orbit (planets year). This is described in Keplars third law; the square root of the time taken to orbit the sun is proportional to the cube of the average distance between the sun.
The eccentricity of an ellipse is a number related to how "egg-shaped" it is ... the difference between the distance through the fat part and the distance through the skinny part. That's also related to the distance between the 'foci' (focuses) of the ellipse. The farther apart the foci are, the higher the eccentricity is, and the flatter the ellipse is. Comets have very eccentric orbits. When the two foci are at the same point, the eccentricity is zero, all of the diameters of the ellipse have the same length, and the ellipse is a circle. All of the planets have orbits with small eccentricities.
Unfortunately there is no simple answer to that. The distance is constantly changing as the planets move in their orbits.
The inner plants. The size and distance of the outer planets means they have longer and more spaced out orbits
To some extent the question is meaningless because you would have to define where in the orbits the planets are to work out the instantaneous distance between them (Saturn could be on one side of the Sun and Uranus on the other) It would be more meaningful to ask the distance between the orbits of the orbital paths of the planets not the planets themselves.
Assuming 'your planet' to be Earth. To some extent the question is meaningless because you would have to define where in the orbits the planets are to work out the instantaneous distance between them (Saturn could be on one side of the Sun and Earth on the other) It would be more meaningful to ask the distance between the orbits of the orbital paths of the planets not the planets themselves, in which case the separation of the orbits is approximately 8 AU.
YES. However the relationship is not quite that simple. This is Kepler's third law. I'll give you a simplified version which assumes the planets orbits are circular, instead of being ellipses : The square of the length of the year is proportional to the cube of the planet's distance from the Sun.
No. No two planets have the same size orbit. Mars orbits the sun at more than twice the distance that Venus does.
The planets revolve in elliptical orbits. The inner planets have orbits 230 million km or less from the Sun. The outer planets have orbits 775 million km or greater.