If Mars takes 1.88 years to rotate around the sun at an average distance of 1.52 au, determine the period for an unknown planet that is 42.0 au from the sun.

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If Mars takes 1.88 years to rotate around the sun at an average distance of 1.52 au, determine the period for an unknown planet that is 42.0 au from the sun.

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Its 273 years

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Guerrerocarlos answered Aug 7, 2017

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Its 237 years not 51.9. It because of the inverse squares law

Erich Gubler answered Aug 11, 2017

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