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Why does it take the outer planets so long to orbit the Sun? 2 reasons please

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outer planets take longer to orbit the Sun because the gravitational pull is weaker as shown in the inverse square law. Also the outer planets are farther away meaning they have more distance to cover in their orbit.

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