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Vsevolod [243]
3 years ago
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If an asteroid is 4 AU from the Sun, what is the period of revolution around the Sun for the asteroid?

Physics
1 answer:
Vedmedyk [2.9K]3 years ago
3 0

Answer: 8 years

Explanation:

According to Kepler’s Third Law of Planetary motion <em>“The square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis (size) of its orbit”:</em>

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T^{2}\propto a^{3} (1)

In other words: this law states a relation between the orbital period T of a body (moon, planet, satellite, comet, asteroid) orbiting a greater body in space (the Sun, for example) with the size a of its orbit.  

However, if T is measured in years (Earth years), and a is measured in astronomical units (equivalent to the distance between the Sun and the Earth: 1AU=1.5(10)^{8}km), equation (1) becomes:

T^{2}=a^{3} (2)

This means that now both sides of the equation are equal.

Knowing a=4 AU and isolating T from (2):

T=\sqrt{a^{3}} (3)

T=\sqrt{(4 AU)^{3}} (4)

Finally:

T= 8 yearsThis is the period of the asteroid

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