Is this statement true or false?

It takes longer for the inner planets to orbit the sun than for the outer planets to orbit the sun.

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The statement is false. It takes longer for the outer planets to orbit the sun than for the inner planets. The time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around the sun increases with the distance from the sun due to Kepler's laws of planetary motion. Therefore, the outer planets, which are farther from the sun, have longer orbital periods compared to the inner planets.