the mean distance of the earth from the sun is 149.6*10^6 km and the mean distance of mercury from the sun is 57.9*10^6km thm the period of earth's revolution is 1 year use keepler's law of planetary motion to determine the period of mercury's revolution
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2020-01-06T10:16:23-0500
Kepler's 3rd Law states:
T22T12=a23a13⇒T2=T1a13a23,
where index "1" relates to the Earth whereas index "2" describes Mercury.
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