A Distant Asteroid Is Discovered That Takes 50 Years to Orbit

question 117

Multiple Choice

A distant asteroid is discovered that takes 50 years to orbit the Sun once.According to Kepler's third law,what is the average distance of this asteroid from the Sun?

• A) 2500 AU
• B) 50 AU
• C) 353 AU (square root of 125,000)
• D) 13.6 AU (cube root of 2500)

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