Planets

We found out that the word "orbit" means how long it takes a planet to go around  the sun.

The sun keeps the planets in orbit around it.

Some planets orbit is circular (like a circle). Other planets orbit is ellipitical.

The planets take different amounts of time to orbit the sun.

Mercury takes 88 days to orbit the sun.

Venus takes 225 days to orbit the sun.

Earth takes 365 days to orbit the sun.

Mars takes 689 days to orbit the sun.

Jupiter takes nearly 12 years to orbit the sun.

Saturn takes 29 1/2 years to orbit the sun.

Uranus takes 165 years to orbit the sun.

Neptune takes 248 1/2 years to orbit the sun.