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Please note that "fastest" can be interpreted two ways: the actual speed a planet is traveling around the sun, or the actual time required for a given planet to complete it's orbit around the sun. In the first case, the larger a planet is, the greater it's mass and therefore the higher it's speed. One of the gas giants like Jupiter or Saturn being hundreds of times times larger than the inner planets like earth is traveling at immense speed. In the second case, the closer a planet is to the sun the shorter it's orbit will be and generally the faster it's trip will be. The planet closest to the sun and having the shortest obit around it is Mercury.
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∙ 11y agoThe fastest orbiting planet in our Solar System is Mercury. It has an orbital period of approx. 88 Earth days (about 3 Earth months), because it is closest to the Sun and has to travel a relatively short distance in order to make a full revolution.
FACT: Mercury's fast orbital period is the reason it was named by the Romans after the god who was a messenger to the gods.
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∙ 15y agoThe object orbiting the sun most quickly is the planet Mercury, which is the closest of the planets to our resident star.
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∙ 11y agomercury 88 days
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Which is the fastest spinning planet in our solar system?
jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our solar system.
What is the fastest rotating body in the solar system?
The fastest rotating planet is Jupiter.
What planet in your solar system has the fastest rotation rate?
the answer is Jupiter
What are the Differences between planets stars solar system galaxies universe and moons?
* Moon - A body orbiting a planet * Planet - A body orbiting a star * Star - A ball of burning gas * Solar System - A collection of planets and satellites orbiting a star or stars * Galaxy - A collection of stars * Universe - The area which contains every particle of matter in existence
The fastest moving planet in the solar system is?
That can be a matter of perspective. Mercury orbits the Sun once every 87.969 days, so is faster at orbiting the Sun than the other planets.
Which Planet of solar system with fastest orbiting speed?
Mercury
Which is the fastest spinning planet in our solar system?
jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our solar system.
Which inner planet has the largest orbital velocity?
Mercury is the fastest orbiting planet in the inner Solar System, with an average orbital velocity of 47.87 km/s.
What planet with rings is the second largest planet in the Solar System?
Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system and has an extensive orbiting ring system.
What planet is fastest-rotating planet?
Jupiter is the fastest rotating planet int he solar system.
The fastest moving planet in a solar systerm is?
The fastest moving planet in out solar system is Mercury, which is named after the roman god of speed.
What planet in the solar system is the third fastest?
Earth
What is the fastest rotating body in the solar system?
The fastest rotating planet is Jupiter.
What planet in your solar system has the fastest rotation rate?
the answer is Jupiter
Is Mercury the smallest in the solar system?
Yes, as now the Pluto is excluded from the solar system, it is the smallest and the fastest planet in the solar system.
Can an exoplanet end up in our solar system?
No. BY definition, an exo-planet is OUTSIDE our solar system, orbiting some other star.
Which planet is the fastest in your solar system?
Mercury moves the fastest 48 km/s
