4) The average orbital distance of a planet is 4 times the average orbital distance of the Earth. Knowing that the Earth orbits the sun in approximately 365 days, use Kepler's 3rd law to predict the time for the planet to orbit the sun.

4) The average orbital distance of a planet is 4 times the average orbital distance of the Earth. Knowing that the Earth orbits the sun in approximately 365 days, use Kepler's 3rd law to predict the time for the planet to orbit the sun.

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4) The average orbital distance of a planet is 4 times the average orbital distance of the Earth.
Knowing that the Earth orbits the sun in approximately 365 days, use Kepler's 3rd law to predict
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