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What can be said about a planet orbiting an identical star with an orbital period of 500 days?
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The planet must be farther from the star than Earth is from the Sun. According to Kepler's third law, a longer orbital period means that the planet must be farther from its star. In fact you could work out its average distance from the star, using Kepler's law.
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If a planet had an average distance of 10 au what would it's orbital period be?
It would depend on the star it was orbiting. If it were in our solar system, its orbital period would be little more than 30 years. (Saturn is approximately 9.5 AU from the Sun.)
Which properties can be inferred from the stars orbital period?
a planet's orbital period. based off kepler's 3rd law (Wrong.)The planet's orbital radius. (Correct.)
If a planet with twice the mass of earth orbiting a star with the same mass as the sun and an orbital distance of 1AU what is the orbital period?
Since all other things are equal, it will take a year to go around the star. The mass of the planet hardly has any effect on its orbit - unless this mass is significant, compared to the star.
Which gas giant planet has the shortest period of revolution?
The distance between an orbiting body and the body it's orbiting and the time it takes to complete each orbit are related, so the farther a body is from the sun, the longer its period of revolution will be. Kepler's third law of planetary motion states that the square of the orbital period is proportional to the cube of the orbit's semi-major axis. If you cube the average of the closest and farthest distances between a planet and the sun then divide by the square of the planet's orbital period, you should always get about 25 quintillion cubic kilometers per square day. Therefore, the gas giant with the shortest period of revolution is the one that is closest to the sun, Jupiter.
How does the distance of planet affect its period of revolution?
The square of the orbital period of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.
I used Newton's version of Kepler's third law to calculate Saturn's mass from orbital characteristics of its moon Titan?
Yes, the equation p2 = a3, where p is a planet's orbital period in years and a is the planet's average distance from the Sun in AU. This equation allows us to calculate the mass of a distance object if we can observe another object orbiting it and measure the orbiting object's orbital period and distance.
What planet travels the slowest around earth?
There are no planets in orbit around the Earth !. Orbiting the Sun - Pluto has the longest orbital period at 248 years - although it has now been declassified as a planet. This leaves Neptune - with an orbital period of just under 165 years.
What is the common term used for a planet's orbital period?
A planet's orbital period is also known as its year.
Which inner planet has the largest orbital velocity?
Mercury is the fastest orbiting planet in the inner Solar System, with an average orbital velocity of 47.87 km/s.
If a planet had an average distance of 10 au what would it's orbital period be?
It would depend on the star it was orbiting. If it were in our solar system, its orbital period would be little more than 30 years. (Saturn is approximately 9.5 AU from the Sun.)
Which properties can be inferred from the stars orbital period?
a planet's orbital period. based off kepler's 3rd law (Wrong.)The planet's orbital radius. (Correct.)
What is orbital period?
Orbital period is the time it takes a planet to go around its star once.
What is the minimum number of moons that must be orbiting a planet for the moons to have an orbital resonance?
An orbital resonance occurs when one moon's orbital period is a simple fraction of the other's, such as 1/2 or 1/3 or 1/4, which means at least two moons are required.
What planet has a rotation period that is almost the same with its orbital period?
Mercury
Which planet has a orbital period of 687 days?
Mars.
What is the orbital period of the planet Venus?
224.7 days
The square of the orbital period of a planet around the sun is proportional to the cube of the planet's orbital radius?
Yes, spot on, good guess . .
