A Comet Is Found in a Highly Elliptical Orbit with a Semi-Major

question 75

Multiple Choice

A comet is found in a highly elliptical orbit with a semi-major axis equal to one astronomical unit (AU) .According to Kepler's third law of planetary motion,what would the sidereal period of this comet be?

• A)It would be more than one year.
• B)It would be one year.
• C)It would be less than one year.
• D)It would be 76 years; the same for every comet.

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