A planet with mass 8.07x1023 kg orbits a star with mass 1.18x1030 kg. The orbit is circular, and the distance from the planet to the sun is 121x106 km. What is the length of a year on this planet? Give your answer in earth years (1 earth year = 31,557,600 seconds).

A planet with mass 8.07x1023 kg orbits a star with mass 1.18x1030 kg. The orbit is circular, and the distance from the planet to the sun is 121x106 km. What is the length of a year on this planet? Give your answer in earth years (1 earth year = 31,557,600 seconds).

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