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The planet Earth does not have a perfectly circular orbit, as such it is at slightly differing distances from the Sun throughout the year. On average we are 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) away from the sun, sometimes closer or further away depending on our orbit.
Neptune’s orbit is not perfect so at various times in its 165 year trip around the Sun it is at different distances from that huge star. On average though it is 2.8 billion miles away which is a mind boggling distance. It is so far away in fact that it would take at least 12 years to reach Neptune’s orbit from Earth.
Pluto is one of the more distant planetary bodies from the Sun in our solar system so its orbital period is quite long. It takes Pluto 90,530 Earth days or roughly 248 Earth years for Pluto to complete a full orbit around the Sun. To put this in perspective when Pluto was last in the same position in its orbit as it is in 2023 certain ...
Venus however is closer to the Sun than our own planet and as a result has a shorter orbital period. It takes Venus roughly 225 Earth days to make an orbit of the Sun. A year on Venus then lasts 225 Earth days, roughly 140 days less than our own planet. Final Thoughts. Similar in size and composition to our own planet our neighbor Venus sits ...
How Far is Saturn from the Sun. Saturn does not have a perfectly circular orbit around the Sun which means that at times it is closer or further away depending on where it is in its orbital period. On average Saturn is 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers) from the Sun.
Spinning faster in its orbit than planet Earth a day on Uranus lasts 17 Earth hours and because of its vast orbital distance it takes 30,687 Earth days to travel around the Sun. This combination of a Uranian year lasting 84 years and a shorter day added to a 97.77 tilt on its axis means that the planet’s polar regions can see 21-year-long ...
A planet's orbit is quite complex and there are several different ways to describe how long it takes a planet to orbit the Sun. We use the word year to describe the duration of a complete orbit of the Earth around the Sun. A year is about 365.25 days long, but there are four different definitions of a year, each is slightly different in length.
Sitting over 5 times further away from the Sun than the Earth does Jupiter has a long orbital period. This rapidly spinning gas giant completes a day in 10 hours but due to its orbital period a Jupiter year lasts about 12 Earth years or to be exact 4,333 Earth Days.
It takes far less time than our own planet Earth to complete an orbit of the Sun in fact it takes only 88 Earth Days. Final Thoughts. Mercury’s distance from the Sun varies depending on where it is in its orbit, but it is generally very close to this massive star. Its orbital period in fact is around 4 times shorter than that of our own ...
The Earth's orbital period around the Sun is called a year. There are however different definitions of a year, all of which are slightly different. The calendar or Gregorian average year is 365.2425 days long. This is the definition of a year which most people use. Most years are 365 days long. Every 4th year, a leap year, is 366 days long.