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which planet would most likely have a longer year - the one closer or farther from the sun? the closer to the sun, the longer the year the farther away, the longer the year neither, it depends on the rotation the distance from the sun would not matter
According to Kepler's laws of planetary motion, the farther a planet is from the sun, the longer its orbital path and the slower its orbital speed. A planet's year is the time it takes to complete one orbit around the sun. So, planets farther from the sun have longer - year. Rotation refers to a planet spinning on its axis and is not related to the length of a planet's year.
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B. the farther away, the longer the year