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The planet that must move the fastest to stay in orbit is Mercury. Due to its proximity to the Sun, it experiences a stronger gravitational pull, requiring it to travel at a higher orbital speed—about 47.87 kilometers per second (29.74 miles per second)—to maintain its orbit. This high velocity is necessary to counteract the gravitational attraction of the Sun, preventing it from spiraling inward.
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Does Venus move around the sun the fastest?
No, Venus does not move around the Sun the fastest; that title belongs to Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun. Mercury has the shortest orbital period, taking about 88 Earth days to complete one orbit. Venus, on the other hand, takes about 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun, making it the second slowest planet in terms of orbital speed.
What planet has the most unusual and highly elliptical orbit which causes it to move inside another planet's orbit every 248 years?
You are thinking of Pluto. Pluto is now designated a minor planet.
Why is mercury the fastest planet in the solar system?
Because it is the closest to the sun. The Sun's gravitational field (in conjunction with centrical force) is what causes the orbit or the planets. Gravity is four times more powerful if you halve the distance between you and the gravitation field, so therefore Mercury experiences the most gravity of any planet. This causes Mercy to spin rapidly around the Sun.
Inertia makes a plant tend to travel in a straight line but what keeps it in orbit?
Gravity keeps a planet in orbit. Inertia tries to make the planet move in a straight line. The balance between the two makes the planet orbit a sun.
Is Saturn the fastest planet?
It's not at all clear what you mean by the speed of a planet. In terms of its speed of rotation, or the length of its 'day', Saturn is the second fastest, just behind Jupiter. Regarding its speed in orbit around the sun, Saturn is the 6th fastest planet in our solar system. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and most of the asteroids, all move faster in their orbits virtually all of the time than Saturn does, and several comets do that for part of the time.
Does a planet moving in an elliptical orbit about the sun move fastest when it is farthest from the sun or when it is nearest to the sun?
nearest to the sun
Does Venus move around the sun the fastest?
No, Venus does not move around the Sun the fastest; that title belongs to Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun. Mercury has the shortest orbital period, taking about 88 Earth days to complete one orbit. Venus, on the other hand, takes about 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun, making it the second slowest planet in terms of orbital speed.
Does every planet move?
Yes. A planet must orbit its star, in our case the sun.
What planet has the most unusual and highly elliptical orbit which causes it to move inside another planet's orbit every 248 years?
You are thinking of Pluto. Pluto is now designated a minor planet.
Pluto's orbit causes this planet to move from ninth and not the eighth?
neptune
What is it called when a planet appears to move bacwards in is orbit?
"retrograde motion"
When does a planet move slowest in its orbit?
A planet moves slowest in its orbit when it is farthest away from the body it is orbiting, which is known as its aphelion. This is due to Kepler's second law of planetary motion, which states that a planet will move slower when it is farther from the body it orbits.
Why is mercury the fastest planet in the solar system?
Because it is the closest to the sun. The Sun's gravitational field (in conjunction with centrical force) is what causes the orbit or the planets. Gravity is four times more powerful if you halve the distance between you and the gravitation field, so therefore Mercury experiences the most gravity of any planet. This causes Mercy to spin rapidly around the Sun.
What is the link between the suns gravity and the motion of a planet?
The Sun's gravity causes a planet to move in its orbit. The Sun's gravity provides a centripetal force. The effects of the Sun's gravity, combined with the planet's inertia (tendency to move in a straight line), results in a planet's elliptical orbit.
Why do planet stay in their orbit?
The "inertia" of the moving planet combines with the force of gravity between the planet and the Sun, causing the planet to move in an orbit around the Sun. "Inertia" is basically the tendency for a moving body to move in a straight line unless acted upon by a force (such as gravity).
Why the planet move around the orbit?
the planet moves around the orbit because it is heavy and strong enough to pull its self in a circle around the sun. Thanks!:)
Inertia makes a plant tend to travel in a straight line but what keeps it in orbit?
Gravity keeps a planet in orbit. Inertia tries to make the planet move in a straight line. The balance between the two makes the planet orbit a sun.
