How are surface temperature and length of year on a planet related to the planet's distance from the Sun?

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Finnegan Waller

Physics

11 September, 06:39

How are surface temperature and length of year on a planet related to the planet's distance from the Sun?

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Blimpie · Answer 1

The farther from the sun an object is the larger the distance a planet has to orbit the sun. So if a planet is far from the sun the years would be longer. And if a planet is close to the sun it would be much hotter than a planet that is far from the sun.