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5. How could you use Kepler's 3rd Law to find the relationship between all of the

moons of Jupiter?

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Answer:

essentially through the use of keplers 3rd law comparing the proportionality of a planets squared versus cubed orbital patterns you can determine how fast a planet will orbit something and complete a full orbit

Step-by-step explanation:

Kepler's Third Law: the squares of the orbital periods of the planets are directly proportional to the cubes of the semi-major axes of their orbits. Kepler's Third Law implies that the period for a planet to orbit the Sun increases rapidly with the radius of its orbit. (from NASA)

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