The term “solar orbit” refers to the path that an object takes around the Sun. All planets in our solar system, including Earth, orbit the Sun in an elliptical path, with the Sun located at one of the focal points of the ellipse.
The time it takes for an object to complete one orbit around the Sun is called its orbital period. For example, it takes Earth approximately 365 days to complete one orbit around the Sun, while it takes Mars approximately 687 Earth days to complete one orbit.
Objects that are not planets, such as comets and asteroids, also orbit the Sun, but their orbits can be much more elliptical and irregular compared to the nearly circular orbits of the planets. In addition, some objects in our solar system, such as moons, also orbit around planets rather than the Sun.
