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Jupiter is more than 5 times as far from the Sun as Earth, which makes its orbital path (circumference) more than 5 times as long as Earth's. If it were moving at the same speed as Earth in its orbit, it would take 5 times as long to orbit the Sun. But planets farther from the Sun actually orbit more slowly with increasing orbital distance, so Jupiter actually takes nearly 12 Earth years to make one orbit (Jupiter year).
(Earth's orbital speed is about 30 km/sec. For Jupiter it is about 13 km/sec.)
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoAccording to Kepler's third law of periods, the period of an orbit is defendant only upon the radius of the orbit and the mass of the object being orbited. Since both moons orbit the same body, Jupiter, Europa must have a larger radius than Io.
T2=4(pi)2r3/GM
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∙ 13y agoBecause it is almost 5 times as far from the sun as Earth, and terefore orbits much more slowly around a much larger orbit.
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∙ 11y agoBecause Pluto is so much farther from the sun than Jupiter.
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How long does it take Callisto one of Jupiters moons to orbit the sun?
It takes 11.86 Earth years for Jupiter to orbit the sun.
How long does Ganymede take to orbit the sun?
Ganymede does not orbit the sun. It orbits Jupiter, which orbits the sun. Ganymede orbits Jupiter every 7.15 days. Jupiter orbits the sun every 11.86 years.
How long does it take Jupiter to revolve around the sun in days?
Jupiter's orbit takes 4331.6 days approx.
How long does it take Io to orbit the Sun?
Io, one of the moons of Jupiter, takes about 42 hours to orbit Jupiter. Jupiter takes close to 4 332 days to orbit the Sun. So, for practical terms you may consider that Io will take the same time as Jupiter to orbit the Sun: 4 332 days, or a little longer than 11 years and 10 months at Earth´s time.
How long does it take for Jupiter to go around the sun?
"How long goes it take Jupiter to orbit the Sun?" is a question that we get from time to time here on Universe Today. Jupiter orbits the Sun every 11.86 Earth years (or 4,332 days). The longer orbital period for Jupiter is because it orbits at an average distance of 778 million km(Earth orbits at an average of 150 million km).
How long does it take for callisto to orbit the sun?
Since Callisto is a moon of Jupiter, it orbits the Sun together with Jupiter - and takes just as long as Jupiter to orbit the Sun.
How long does it take Callisto one of Jupiters moons to orbit the sun?
It takes 11.86 Earth years for Jupiter to orbit the sun.
How long does Ganymede take to orbit the sun?
Ganymede does not orbit the sun. It orbits Jupiter, which orbits the sun. Ganymede orbits Jupiter every 7.15 days. Jupiter orbits the sun every 11.86 years.
In Earth years how long does it take Jupiter to orbit the Sun?
12 years.
How long does it take for jupiter to orbit arond the sun?
11.9 earth days
How long does it take Jupiter to revolve around the sun in days?
Jupiter's orbit takes 4331.6 days approx.
What is Jupiter's shape of orbit and how long does it take to revolve around the sun?
2 years
How long does it take Jupiter 2 orbit the sun?
It takes about 11.9 Earth years.
How much time does it take for Jupiter to orbit earth?
Jupiter does not orbit the earth. It takes 11.86 years for Jupiter to orbit the sun.
How many earth years does it take to Jupiter to orbit the sun?
Jupiter takes 11.8618 Earth years to orbit the sun once
How long does the planet Jupiter take to revolve in revolution around the sun?
The planet Jupiter takes 4,332.71 days to orbit the Sun. That's 11.86 years.
How long does planet Jupiter take to travel once around earth?
It takes Jupiter approximately 12 years to orbit the sun.
