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Question #336176



The orbital period of Planet A is 16 years and its average distance to Star B is 5.25 a.u. Another planet called Planet C has an average distance of 10.3 a.u. from Star B, using Kepler’s Third Law of Planetary Motion, compute the orbital period of Planet C to Star B in days

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2022-05-02T13:41:58-0400

"\\frac{T_1^2}{T_2^2}=\\frac{a_1^3}{a_2^3},"

"T_1=T_2\\sqrt\\frac{a_1^3}{a_2^3}=44" years.


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