All the planets travel around the sun. Centuries ago people throught all the planets traveled around the earth. That idea was wrong. Boooo on anyone who thinks that the planets travel around the earth. Remember that planets travel in an ellipse around the sun. We are going to use simple circle for our animation though.
During the next lessons you are going to make the planets travel around the sun.
To make orbiting more interesting to look at we are going to bring the planets in close together. Right click on each planet and bring them in close to the sun. You should have something like this.
Here is quick chart to how many days it takes each planet to go around the sun.
| Planet | Revolution Around the Sun (Rounded) |
| Mercury | 88 days |
| Venus | 225 days |
| Earth | 365 days |
| Mars | 687 days |
| Jupiter | 4332 days |
| Saturn | 10,759 days |
| Uranus | 30,707 days |
| Neptune | 60,198 days |
| Pluto (Dwarf Planet) | 90,474 days |