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What is the relationship between a planet's distance from the sun and the length of its year? A. The closer the planet is to the sun, the longer its year. B. The farther the planet is from the sun, the longer its year. C. A year on each inner planet is the same length; it is shorter than a year on an outer planet. D. A year on each outer planet is the same length; it is shorter than a year on an inner planet.

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Answer: It should be B) The farther the planet is from the sun, the longer its year.

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The further away from the Sun it is, the slower the planet's orbital speed and the longer its path.Both of those factors result in taking longer to make one complete orbit

and a planet having a longer year.

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Answer:

The distance of the sun does infact affect the length of a year. The closer we are to the sun, the day would get longer, where as if you move away from the sun, the days would be shorter

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