SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -It takes a little more than 365 days for the Earth to make a complete trip around the sun. Other planets have different orbital times. It takes only 87 days for Mercury to orbit the sun, but 12 years for Jupiter to make the journey.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Earth’s orbit around the Sun is an ellipse where the degree to which the orbit departs from a circle is measured by its eccentricity (e).

Detailed explanation-3: -Earth’s orbit defines a two-dimensional plane which we call the ecliptic. It takes roughly 365 days for the Earth to go around the Sun once. This means that the Earth is rushing through space around the Sun at a rate of about 67, 000 miles per hour!