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question 15 1 pts according to keplers 3rd law, when compared to planets closer to the sun, those farther away __________. have more gravity. have more elliptical orbits. take longer to revolve around the sun. take longer to rotate on their axis. have more mass.
Kepler's 3rd law states that the square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi - major axis of its orbit. Planets farther from the Sun have larger semi - major axes of their orbits, so they take longer to revolve around the Sun.
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take longer to revolve around the Sun.