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Which statement correctly stated kepler's 3rd law of planetary motion?

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Explanation: the square of the orbital periods of the planets are directly proportional to the cubes of their average distances from the sun

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When you square the "year" of each planet and divide it by the cube of its distance, or axis from the sun, the number would be the same for all the planets
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