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3 years ago

As a planet's semimajor axis gets smaller, its speed will _ and its period will ___ .

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Well first of all, a planet doesn't have a semimajor axis, although it's orbit does.

In an orbit with a smaller semimajor axis, the planet moves faster, and its orbital period is shorter.

That's why the International Space Station circles the Earth in less time than the Moon does.

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As a planet's semimajor axis gets smaller, its speed will _______ and its period will _________ .

As a planet's semimajor axis gets smaller, its speed will _ and its period will ___ .