A comet has an average distance from the sun of 8.2 AU. What is its time in years for it going around the sun?

Q: If a fictitious planet has an average distance from the sun of 2.0 AU what is its orbital period

A: Using the Kepler's third law, P2=a3

Q: Kearney's Comet has a radius of 403. km and orbits the solar system (goes around the Sun) in a…

A: Given Data: The radius of a Kearney's Comet is, r=403 km The mass of a Comet is, m=8.45×1015 kg The…

Q: If a person weighs 240 lb on Earth, that person's weight on the Moon would be what? The moon's mass…

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Q: An undiscovered planet, many lightyears from Earth, has one moon in a periodic orbit. This moon…

A: this problem is solved by the concept of circular motion. when a body of mass m moves in a circular…

Q: A comet has an orbital period of 96 years. What is its average distance (in AU) from the Sun?

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Q: An asteroid orbits the sun in a circle with a period P of 12 years. About how far from the Sun is…

A: period of asteroid  around sun = 12 years period of earth around sun = 1 year distance of earth from…

Q: Calculate the period T of a planet whose orbit has a semimajor axis of 4.9 AU

A: To determine: The time period of the planet Given: Semi-major axis of the planet is, 4.9 AU

Q: Kearney's Comet has a radius of 177. km and orbits the solar system (goes around the Sun) in a…

A: Write the given values with suitable variables. R=177 kmM=1.16×1015 kgr=5.68×1012 m Here, R, M, and…

Q: How much time does it take the Moon to travel around the Earth? 384,400 km .. ........... Mass of…

A: Given Mass of the Earth is M=5.972×1024  kg Distance between the Earth and the Moon is a=384400×103…

Q: Calculate the period T of a planet whose orbit has a semimajor axis of 20 AU.

A: It is given that,

Q: Saturn orbits the Sun at a distance of 9.58 times the distance from the Earth to the Sun. How long…

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Q: An asteroid orbiting the sun has a semi major axis of 3.0 AU. What is the period of its orbit in…

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Q: If a planet with 8.1 times the mass of Earth was traveling in Earth's orbit, what would its period…

A: According to KEPLER'S THIRD LAW Period of planet is cube of semimajor axis.Period is related with r…

Q: A comet has an orbit about the Sun whose semi-major axis is 17 AU.  What is the period of its orbit?

A: The period (T) in years can be calculated using the relation given by Kepler's law. As semi major…

Q: Calculate the length R of the semimajor axis of a planet whose period is 200 days.

A: The period of the planet is T = 200 days. Assume the length of semi major axis of the planet is…

Q: A comet has an average distance from the sun of 2.3 AU. What is its time in years for it going…

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Q: Planet X orbits the star Omega with a "year" that is 650 earth days long. Planet Y circles Omega at…

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Q: What is the orbital velocity of an Earth satellite 42230 km from earth's center? How long does it…

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Q: How does Earth's curvature relate to the speed needed for a projectile to orbit Earth?

A: An object falls about 5 m in the 1st second on free fall, the Earth curves downward 5 meters every…

Q: Calculate the time needed for a 0.600 kg hammer to reach the surface of the Earth if dropped from…

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Q: A comet has an orbit about the Sun whose semi-major axis is 21 AU.  What is the period of its orbit?

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Q: t has an average distance from the sun of 8.2 AU. What is its time in years for it going around the…

A: Given:- an average distance from the sun of 8.2 AU. Find:- What is its time in years for it going…

Q: A planet is found to be 3.5 times as far from the sun as the earth. How

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Q: Compared to its mass on Earth the mass of an object on Moon is? less more zero the same

A: Weight on the moon is 1/6 th as that on the earth.  Means ; if weight on earth is 30 N then on the…

Q: What is the speed and period of the international space station provided that orbital radius is 6778…

A: Orbital radius, R = 6778 km Mass, m = 420,000 kg Speed, v = ? Period, T = ?

Q: Eros moves around the Sun in an elliptical orbit with an eccentricity of 0.22 and period of 1.76…

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Q: What is the mass of this planet if provided the orbital period and radius of one of its moon?…

A: Given: The period of the moon is 0.498179 days. The radius of the orbit is 181300 km.

Q: If a planet has an average distance from the Sun of 8.5 AU, what is its orbital period?

A: ans is 24.7815 years

Q: Halley's Comet has a period of about 76 years. How distant will this comet be from the Sun?

A: Given: The time period of the comet is 76 years.

Q: the moon is 3.84 x10^8 meters on the average from earth. It takes the moon 27.32 days to complete…

A: Both satellite orbiting the earth. Therefore we can use Kepler's third law- According to Kepler's…

Q: An asteroid circles the Sun at a distance equal to 0.5 times the Earth's distance from the Sun. How…

A: We know from Kepler's law of planetary motion, T2 = k r3 where k is a proportionality constant…

Q: What would be the period of an object orbiting the sun with a semimajor axis of 15AU?

A: Given Data The length of the semimajor axis is r = 15 AU According to the third equation for…

Q: The orbital speeds of the planets Mercury and Mars are v(Mercury) = 50 km / s and V(Mars) = 24.2 km…

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Q: for orbital velocity, do you always add 6400 km to the altitude of orbit?

A: Orbital velocity is,

Q: Another comet has an orbit about the sun whose semi-major axis is 12 AU, with an eccentricity of…

A: The distance closest to the Sun is the perihelion distance. The equation for the perihelion distance…

Q: The orbit of a certain asteroid around the sun has period 7.85 yand eccentricity 0.250. Find…

A: Given The time period of orbit is T=7.84 y=7.84×31536000 s=2.47×108 s. The eccentricity is e=0.250.…

Q: A comet goes around the sun in an elliptical orbit at its farthest point 320 million miles from the…

A: Given data *The furthest distance between the comet and the sun is r1 = 320 million miles = 320 ×…

Q: A moon has a circular orbit around a planet. It takes 5 days to move 120 degrees around this…

A: time taken by moon to orbit a planet = T time taken by moon to move 120o = 5 days

Q: Eros has an elliptical orbit about the Sun, with a perihelion distance of 1.13 AU and aphelion…

A: Given: The perihelion distance is 1.13 AU. The aphelion distance is 1.78 AU.

Q: In 2009, NASA's Messenger spacecraft became the second spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury. The…

A: Given, height=125 miles=125x1609m=201125m RMercury = 2.44 x 106 m MMercury = 3.30 x 1023 kg So,…

Q: A comet has an average distance from the sun of 4.6 AU. What is its time in years for it going…

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Q: If you are 60 kg on Earth, what would your mass be on the moon? 1. 10kg 2. 22 pounds 3. 60kg 4.…

A: Answer:- (3) 60 kg  If you mass is 60 kg on Earth, your mass would also be 60 kg on the moon.…

Q: Suppose a comet orbits the Sun every 79 years and has an eccentricity of 0.93. What is the length of…

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Q: The European Space Agency puts a satellite into orbit around an asteroid. The orbital period is…

A: orbital period = 44 hour 36 min 41 sec diameter of path = 180 km Radius of path = 90 km

Q: Comets travel around the sun in elliptical orbits with large eccentricities. If a comet has speed…

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