World Report: January 11, 2008 Vol. #13 Iss. #14

Longest Years In the Solar System

Happy New Year! On Earth, a year is 365 days. That's how long it takes the planet to travel once around the sun. On Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun, a year is almost as long as 12 Earth years. That's about 4,380 days. It takes Neptune even longer to travel around the sun. Talk about a long time between birthday parties! These are the planets in our solar system with the longest years.

1. Neptune: 165 Earth years, 298 days

2. Uranus: 84 years, 4 days

3. Saturn: 29 years, 168 days

4. Jupiter: 11 years, 314 days

5. Mars: 1 year, 322 days



SOURCE: ENCYCLOP∆DIA BRITANNICA