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Imagine Another Solar System, with a Star of the Same

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Imagine another solar system, with a star of the same mass as the Sun. Suppose there is a planet in that solar system with a mass double that of Earth orbiting at a distance of 1 AU from the star. Thinking about Newton's version of Kepler's third law, what (approximately)is the orbital period of this planet? Explain your answer.


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