How many days does it take Mars to orbit the sun?

Question

What is the difference between an orbit and a rotation?

Answer 1

How long are its years and days?
Since Mars is so much further away from the Sun than Earth, a Martian year is much longer than an Earth year, being 687 Earth days. A Martian day is a little longer than an Earth day, at 24 hours and 37 minutes.

orbit
The path of a celestial body or an artificial satellite as it revolves around another body.
b. One complete revolution of such a body.
2. The path of a body in a field of force surrounding another body; for example, the movement of an atomic electron in relation to a nucleus.

ro·ta·tion
The act or process of turning around a center or an axis: the axial rotation of the earth.
b. A single complete cycle of such motion.
2. Mathematics A transformation of a coordinate system in which the new axes have a specified angular displacement from their original position while the origin remains fixed.
3. Regular and uniform variation in a sequence or series: a rotation of personnel; crop rotation.
4. Games An order of shooting balls in billiards in which the ball with the lowest number on the table is always pocketed first.

Answer 2

Mars takes 687 Earth days to orbit the Sun once.

The difference between orbit and rotation is this: an orbit is when one body moves around another body, such as Earth or Mars traveling in a (sort of) circle around the Sun. Rotation is when a single body spins around an axis like a top.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Its about 2 to 1 to Earth days. Days on Mars are also called sols. Months are named by the astrological sign they are in : Aries, Scorpio, etc. Rotation is on full spin on its own axis. A revolution is one year or circling or orbiting the sun.

Answer 5

Mars orbits the sun once every 687 Earth days. That means it is in motion around the sun in an elliptical pattern.

Mars rotates on its own axis. That means it spins like a top.

Earth orbits the sun once per year. Earth rotates on its axis once per day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars#Orbit_and_rotation

Answer 6

When one says orbit they refer going around another object.
Rotation is on it's axis.

Mars orbit (year) 686.980 (earth days)
rotates 24 hr 37 min 22.66 sec
It rotates 669.599 per a year.
http://cseligman.com/text/sky/rotationvsday.htm

Mars calender. (notice more days per a month)
http://cmex.ihmc.us/cmex/data/MarsCalendar/index.html

Answer 7

http://www.mathcats.com/attic/mathinastronomy.html

687 days is the RIGHT answer.

http://www.rochedalss.qld.edu.au/rochedale/marsq.htm

Take care and have a good day.

Answer 8

686.98 days

Answer 9

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