Use the following values, where needed:
(a) Let a be the semimajor axis of a planet's orbit around the Sun, and let T be its period. Show that if T is measured in days and a is measured in kilometers, then
(b) Use the result in part (a) to find the period of the planet Mercury in days, given that its semimajor axis is
(c) Choose a polar
(d) Use a graphing utility to generate the orbit of Mercury from the equation obtained in part (c).
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