Using the public data from Hubble Space Telescope, a citizen scientist discovers a previously unknown body between Mars and Jupiter. Excited at the discovery, the scientist determines that the orbital distance of the body from the Sun is 4 times the Earth's distance from the Sun. From this information, the citizen scientist determines the period of its revolution to be a. one fourth year b. 16 years c. 4 years d. 8 years

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Using the public data from Hubble Space Telescope, a citizen scientist discovers a previously unknown body between Mars and Jupiter. Excited at the discovery, the scientist determines that the orbital distance of the body from the Sun is 4 times the Earth's distance from the Sun. From this information, the citizen scientist determines the period of its revolution to be
  a.

one fourth year

  b.

16 years

  c.

4 years

  d.

8 years

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