Mars circles the Sun once every 687 days, and Saturn circles the Sun once every 29.6 years. As observed from Earth, which goes for longer between oppositions?

Q: Calculate the orbital period for a planet that is 4 AU from the Sun.

A: The orbital period of a planet around the Sun is the time taken to complete one full revolution…

Q: Jupiter is 5.2 times farther from the Sun than Earth is. Using Kepler's 3rd law, find Jupiter's…

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Q: Type your answer in scientific notation. Round off to the nearest ten thousands. Two decimal places.…

A: Given:-  The Earth has an orbital period of Tearth = 365 day  The means distance between the sun and…

Q: Two planets orbit the same Sun. Planet A orbits at a radius of 200 million km and makes one full…

A: Solution: given that Planet A R = 200 million km T =500 days Planet B R = 450 million km

Q: Calculate the period T of a planet

A: Given data:     The period of the planet is: T (earth years) The mass of the sun is: M= 1.989×1030…

Q: 16. What is the orbital period of Deimos? Recall Kepler's 3rd law: (Ta/Tb)^2 = (Da/Db) ^3 where Ta &…

A: In this question we have to find the orbital period(Tb) of Deimos. Given : Ta=0.319 days Da=9378 km…

Q: Which of the following heavenly bodies has the most elliptical orbit about the sun? a. Venus b. Mars…

A: Option e is correct  Halley's comet has the most elliptical orbit about the sun.

Q: Neptune circles the Sun at a distance of 4.30 x 10^12 m once every 164 yeras. Saturn circles the Sun…

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Q: Titan, the largest moon of Saturn has a mean orbital radius of 1.22x10^9 m. The orbital period of…

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Q: Use Kepler's third law of planetary motion to calculate the mass of the star if the major axis of…

A: We have to choose the best alternative by using the Kepler's third law of planetary motion to…

Q: 1.) Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, has a mean orbital radius of 1.22x10° m. The orbital period…

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Q: Saturn has an orbital period of 29.5 years and Neptune has an orbital period of 165 years. How many…

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Q: Average Distance from Mars (km) Moon Orbital Period (days) Phobos 0.319 9378 Deimos 23,459

A: Orbital period of Phobos (T) = 0.319 days Average distance of Phobos from Mars (D) = 9378 km Orbital…

Q: planets orbit the same star in circular orbits. One orbits at a distance of 167AU and takes 1.5days…

A: The unit of distance is a centimeter in the CGS system. In physics, distance is defined as the…

Q: According to the nebular theory, which planet is most likely to be gaseous rather than rocky?

A: Rocky  planet are mercury Venus and earth and mars are wrong.   A gas giant is a large planet…

Q: Calculate the period T of a dwarf planet whose orbit has a semimajor axis of 400 AU.

A: It is given that,

Q: An object takes 68 years to orbit the Sun. What is its average distance (in AU) from the Sun?

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Q: (a) Calculate the average distance of Mercury, Venus and Mars to the Earth. Which one of these…

A: It is given that,

Q: A newly discovered planet orbits a star with the same mass as the Sun with a semi-major axis of…

A: (13) According to the Kepler’s third law, The distance between the Sun and planet at the…

Q: What would be the period of a (hypothetical) solar-system planet whose orbit has a semimajor axis of…

A: According to Kepler's third law the relation between time period and length of semi major axis is…

Q: If the moon of the hypothetical planet X has a distance of 0.2 AU (astronomical units) and has a…

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Q: Scientists at NASA announced the discovery of a new solar system containing four planets. The…

A: The orbital period is dependent on the distance between the sun and the planet. With the help of the…

Q: Because of its changing proximity to the Sun, which property does Kepler's Second Law of Planetary…

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Q: Calculate the period T of a planet whose orbit has a semi major axis of 6.1 AU

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Q: If the angular diameter of a body is 0.35 degrees and at a distance of 160 million km, then the…

A: Angular diameter θ=0.350 =0.3517180radDistance D= 160×106 kmDiameter of the body is d, so from…

Q: Planet X orbits the star Omega with a "year" that is 450 earth days long. Planet Y circles Omega at…

A: Answer :-  Given  Year on planet x is Tx = 450 days  Year on planet y is Ty  Orbital radius of…

Q: How long (in Earth-Years) does it take Saturn to orbit the Sun? Use these values of (average)…

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Q: rn has a mass of 15.7 x 1026 kg and its moon Titan has an orbital period of 15.945 days. What is the…

A: We know that the Kepler's third law of motion is given as  T= 2πR3GM1+M2 where T is the orbital…

Q: Mulchatna is an exoplanet orbiting star 12 Altair. If the planet’s orbital period is 4.25 days and…

A: Write the expression for Kepler’s third law. Here, T represents the orbital period, k represents…

Q: Use the data to answer the question below. Average distance from the Sun (km) Average orbit (km/s…

A: Speed of mars (v) = 24 kmsSpeed of Earth (v') = 30 kms

Q: Saturn, on average, is 890 million miles from the sun. 1 mi=1609 m. express the distance between…

A: Given that,                     Average distance of Saturn from sun, D = 890 million miles…

Q: Ceres, the largest asteroid and a dwarf planet, has a semi-major axis of about 2.74 AU. What is…

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Q: planet Orbital Semi- T? (s') R ( m³) T?/R period (years) major axis (A. U.'s) Mercury 0.241 0.387…

A: According to Kepler’s third law, the square of the time period (T) of the revolution of a planet…

Q: A newly discovered planet orbits a distant star with the same mass as the Sun at an average distance…

A: Given that  Average distance = a = 122×109 m Time period of the planet's orbital period can be…

Q: Kepler's 2nd Law deals with ___. *   a. the shape of the planets' orbits   b. the speed/area the…

A: Kepler's second law say that radius vector from the sun to any planet sweeps equal area in equal…

Q: 10. The chart below shows the diameters of the planets in the Solar System relative to Earth's…

A: 10. From the table, the diameter of Venus is  0.948 times the diameter of the Earth. Now, the…

Q: Calculate period T of a dwarf planet whose orbit has a semimajor axis of 812 AU

A: The semimajor axis R = 812 AU   Kepler third law                                  T = R32…

Q: The distance from the sun to saturn is approximately

A: Saturn is the 2nd largest planet in our solar system after Jupiter. It is sixth planet from the sun.…

Q: If the angular diameter of a body is 0.47 degrees and is 160 million kilometers away, then the…

A: Angular diameter , θd = 0.47° Distance , R = 160 x 106 km To find = Diameter of the body

Q: What is the time taken by a planet to sweep an area of 2 million square km if the time taken by the…

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Q: Planet Dwovy circles its star at a distance of 8.75 × 109 km once every 325 Earth years.  The planet…

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Q: Place the planets in order from smallest revolution period around the sun to largest?

A: The required order from smallest to highest revolution period around the sun is,

Q: What is the angular diameter of Saturn (in arc seconds) as seen from Earth when the two planets are…

A: In the question it is said that when the two planets Earth and Saturn are farthest paath what will…

Q: enus has an orbital period of 0.615 years and Neptune has an orbital period of 165 years. How many…

A: Venus has an orbital period of 0.615 years. Neptune has an orbital period of 165 years. Number of…