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  • Planetary Orbits: Slowest to Fastest - A Solar System Ranking
    Here's the order of planets in our solar system from slowest to fastest orbital speed around the Sun:

    1. Neptune

    2. Uranus

    3. Saturn

    4. Jupiter

    5. Mars

    6. Earth

    7. Venus

    8. Mercury

    Why does this order occur?

    The farther a planet is from the Sun, the slower its orbital speed. This is due to Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion, specifically Kepler's Third Law. It states that the square of a planet's orbital period is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit (basically, the average distance from the Sun).

    * Longer orbital period = slower orbital speed

    Let me know if you'd like more details about Kepler's Laws!

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