A planet has an average distance to the sun of 0.66 AU. In two or more complete sentences, explain how to calculate the orbital

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period of the planet and calculate it.

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iris [78.8K] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-10T19:38:44+03:00

We can use the formula for orbital time period:

T² = (4π²/GM)a³; where T is in Earth years, a is distance from sun in AU, M is the solar mass (1 for the sun), G is the gravitational constant.

In the given units, 4π²/G = 1

T² = 0.66³

T = 0.536 Earth years = 195.71 Earth days