The Time Period Between Two Successive Passages of a Planet

question 261

Multiple Choice

The time period between two successive passages of a planet past a particular star as seen from the Sun is its

• A) synodic period.
• B) sidereal period.
• C) precessional period.
• D) rotational period.

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