Maria Cunitz's Portrait

Maria Cunitz, the famous astronomer of the 17th century, has a geographical feature on planet Venus named Cunitz Crater in her honour.

Venus is a planet which forms part of the Solar System along with Jupiter, Earth, etc.

The following table shows different features of the planets of the Solar System.

Planet

Distance from the Sun

(in millions of km)

Sidereal period (*) Daytime temperature
in ºC
Jupiter 778.3 11.86 years -148
Mars 227.9 687 days -23
Mercury 57.9 88 days +430
Neptune 4504 163.73 years -218
Saturn 1429 29.42 years -179
Earth 149.6 365.26 days +22
Uranus 2875 83.75 years -215
Venus 108.2 224.7 days +460

* The sidereal period is the time it takes for a planet to complete one revolution around the Sun, also known as the planet's year. Units of earth days and years are given here. Now:

1- Order the table from lowest to highest according to the sidereal period.

2- Order it according to the daytime temperature from highest to lowest.

3- What can you see? Draw your conclusions.