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planets have revoloution times because back before clocks, they used the sun and some odd looking statues placed correctly to tell the times, so therefore by giving a planet a revolution time they could tell what time of day or year it was by looking at the position of the sun.

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What are the comparisons of the revolution times of planets and can you relate them to distance from the sun.?

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What is the model of the solar system named?

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Which planets have short revolution periods?

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