A Comet in a Highly Elliptical Orbit Is Found to Have

question 117

Multiple Choice

A comet in a highly elliptical orbit is found to have a semimajor axis equal to one astronomical unit (AU) . According to Kepler's 3rd law, what would be the sidereal period of this comet

• A)more than one year
• B)one year
• C)less than one year
• D)76 years; the same for every comet
• E)Not enough information is given to determine this.

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