Question

Julie and Mona know that that Earth’s average distance from the Sun is approximately 93 million miles and it takes 1 year to complete an orbit of the Sun. A new asteroid has been discovered orbiting the Sun at an average distance of 1,488 million miles. How long will it take for the asteroid, in Earth years, to complete one orbit of the Sun.

Answer 1

Answer: 64 Earth years...

Answer 2

16 years

Explanation:

Given that :

Earth's distance from sun = 93 million miles

Number of years to complete an orbit = 1 year

Average orbiting distance of new asteroid = 1488 million miles

Number of years to complete an orbit = x

93,000,000 Miles = 1

1488000000 miles = x

Cross multiply :

93000000x = 1488000000

x = 1488000000 / 93000000

x = 16 years

Period taken to orbit the sun = 16 years