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The period of the earth around the sun is 1 year, and it is at a distance of 150 million kilometers from the sun. An asteroid in a circular orbit around the sun is at a distance of 632 million kilometers from the sun. What is the period, Ta, of the asteroid orbit in years.

2006-11-16 01:02:06 · 2 answers · asked by Dee 4 in Science & Mathematics Physics

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What you need to know is that the orbital period is proportional to the distance raised to the 3/2 power. So your answer would be

(632/150)^(1.5) * 1year

2006-11-16 01:18:31 · answer #1 · answered by rscanner 6 · 0 0

Please, look the Kepler laws.

I think is the third laws..you only need to replace the data

2006-11-16 01:24:04 · answer #2 · answered by Juan D 3 · 0 1

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