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Among the following which planet takes maximum time for one revolution around the Sun?
Explanation
Orbital period increases with distance from the Sun by Kepler’s third law: the square of a planet’s orbital period is proportional to the cube of its orbit’s semi-major axis [2]. The order outward among the given planets is Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter [1]. Their sidereal periods are: Venus ≈ 224 days [2], Earth ≈ 365.25 days [2], and Mars ≈ 687 days (≈1.88 years). Jupiter lies farther from the Sun than Mars and thus has a substantially longer orbital period (about 11.86 Earth years), so it takes the maximum time to complete one revolution among the listed options. Therefore the correct choice is option 2 (Jupiter).
Sources
- [2] Physical Geography by PMF IAS, Manjunath Thamminidi, PMF IAS (1st ed.) > Chapter 2: The Solar System > Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion > p. 21
- [1] Science ,Class VIII . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 13: Our Home: Earth, a Unique Life Sustaining Planet > 13.2 What Do the Planets of Our Solar System Look Like? > p. 212
- [3] Physical Geography by PMF IAS, Manjunath Thamminidi, PMF IAS (1st ed.) > Chapter 19: The Motions of The Earth and Their Effects > Sidereal Period > p. 260
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