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  • Planetary Orbits: Orbital Periods of Planets in Our Solar System
    The time it takes a planet to revolve around the sun is called its orbital period. This varies greatly depending on the planet's distance from the sun.

    Here's a breakdown of the orbital periods for each planet in our solar system:

    * Mercury: 88 Earth days

    * Venus: 225 Earth days

    * Earth: 365.25 Earth days (1 year)

    * Mars: 687 Earth days

    * Jupiter: 11.86 Earth years

    * Saturn: 29.46 Earth years

    * Uranus: 84 Earth years

    * Neptune: 165 Earth years

    As you can see, the further a planet is from the sun, the longer its orbital period. This is because the planets' orbital paths are elliptical, not perfectly circular, and the further a planet is from the sun, the longer its elliptical path.

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