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Anything in a gravitational orbit moves most slowly when

the distance between it and the central body is greatest.

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Q: Does Jupiter travel most slowly around the sun when at aphelion?
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When does Jupiter travel most slowly around the sun?

Jupiter is not the slowest, but it is a lot slower than Earth. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun. The time taken for a planet to orbit the Sun increases with distance from the Sun. There are two reasons : 1) The size of its orbit gets bigger. 2) The planet moves more slowly. This follows from the mathematics of Newton's gravitation theory.


How long would it take to travel from earth to Jupiter?

around two years


How long does it take Jupiter to rotate around on axis?

it takes ten hours for it to travel around the sun


How long does planet Jupiter take to travel once around earth?

It takes Jupiter approximately 12 years to orbit the sun.


What planet would take the longest time to travel around?

Jupiter: it's the largest.


Which asteroids travel before and behind the planet Jupiter?

The asteroids that travel in orbits that take them ahead of Jupiter are called "Trojan asteroids." They are located in two groups, known as the Greek camp and the Trojan camp, positioned along Jupiter's orbit around the sun. These asteroids have stable orbits because they are in gravitational equilibrium with Jupiter and the sun.


How many years does it take Jupiter to travel around the sun?

It takes Jupiter approximately 11.9 Earth years to orbit the sun once. This period is known as Jupiter's orbital period or its year.


Do planets revolve faster around the sun in a certain location of the elliptical orbit?

Yes. The planets travel fastest at perihelion, the closest point to the sun in the orbit, and slowest at aphelion, the farthest point.


What is Jupiter light minutes?

Jupiter is about 40 to 52 light minutes away from Earth, depending on their positions in their respective orbits around the Sun. This means that it takes light approximately 40 to 52 minutes to travel from Jupiter to Earth.


Why is Jupiter's period of revolution longer than the inner planets' periods of revolution?

Jupiter's period of revolution is longer than the inner planets' periods of revolution because it is so much farther away from the Sun. Jupiter has to travel over 2 billion miles (3.2 billion kilometers) father than Mars to get around the Sun. Jupiter's orbit is almost 4 times longer than that of Mars in distance. Also Jupiter orbits more slowly. So it takes Jupiter 6 times longer than Mars to orbit the Sun. (Mars is is farthest inner planet from then Sun.)


How many miles do you have to go to go around Jupiter?

Jupiter has a circumference of approximately 279,120 miles. Therefore, to go around Jupiter, you would need to travel a distance of about 879,615 miles.


How long does it take Ganymede to travel around the sun?

Ganymede, the moon of Jupiter, is in orbit around Jupiter so its transit around the Sun would be the same as Jupiter's, about 11.8 Earth years. 1036 Ganymede, the asteroid, has an orbital period of about 4.34 Earth years.