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Suppose we discovered a planetary body orbiting our Sun at a distance of 15 times the Earth-Sun distance. How many years would this world take to complete one orbit around the Sun?

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Suppose we discovered a planetary body orbiting our Sun at a distance of 15 times the Earth-Sun distance. How many years would this world take to complete one orbit around the Sun?

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Let distance of earth from sun = D

Time taken by earth to complete one orbit around sun = 1 year

distance of planetary body from sun = 15 D

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