The farther a planet is from the sun, the slower it moves in its orbit. So the planet with the largest orbit is the slowest. That's Pluto ... if you still consider Pluto a planet ... or Neptune if you don't.
The path that planets take around the sun is called it's orbit. The gravitation pull of the sun keeps each planet in it's orbit. Each planets orbit varies in the time it takes to make one trip around the sun.
Neptune would move the slowest. The orbit speed is related to the distant the planets are to the sun. Farther the planet, slower the pace. Remember, Pluto is no longer a planet.
If you still consider Pluto to be a planet then Pluto would be the slowest to orbit the sun. If you don't believe Pluto is a planet anymore then Neptune would be the slowest planet to orbit our sun.
When it is farthest from the Sun. This point is known as aphelion. *Aphelion = Furthest point from the Sun.
The farther a planet is from the sun, the slower it moves in its orbit. So the planet with the largest orbit is the slowest. That's Pluto ... if you still consider Pluto a planet ... or Neptune if you don't.
Mercury is the fastest moving planet around the sun. It is second slowest to rotate about its axis, Venus being the slowest.
The speed of a planet revolving around the Sun is slowest at the aphelion, which is the point in its orbit farthest from the Sun.
The speed of a planet is fastest when it is closest to the sun in its orbit (option 1) and slowest when it is farthest from the sun (option 2). This is because of the gravitational pull of the sun, which accelerates the planet as it gets closer and decelerates it as it moves away.
Because it is not that far from the sun and it is not that close to the sun
As the planet approaches perihelion (point of nearest approach to the Sun), its orbital velocity gets faster, and it is fastest at perihelion. Similarly, at aphelion (point of furthest approach to the Sun), the orbital velocity is slowest.
The path that planets take around the sun is called it's orbit. The gravitation pull of the sun keeps each planet in it's orbit. Each planets orbit varies in the time it takes to make one trip around the sun.
Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun, taking the longest time to complete one orbit, 164.79 years in total. Its distance means that is has further to go to complete one orbit, while it also means that the planet travels the slowest. The further a planet is from the gravitational pull of the sun, the slower it will move tangentially.
Neptune would move the slowest. The orbit speed is related to the distant the planets are to the sun. Farther the planet, slower the pace. Remember, Pluto is no longer a planet.
If you still consider Pluto to be a planet then Pluto would be the slowest to orbit the sun. If you don't believe Pluto is a planet anymore then Neptune would be the slowest planet to orbit our sun.
The earth is moving fastest in its orbit at the moment of perihelion, when it is closest to the sun. the happens around January 3.
When it is farthest from the Sun. This point is known as aphelion. *Aphelion = Furthest point from the Sun.