If NASA Wants to Put a Satellite in a Circular

question 50

Multiple Choice

If NASA wants to put a satellite in a circular orbit around the sun so it will make 2.0 orbits per year,at what distance (in astronomical units,AU) from the sun should that satellite orbit? The earth's orbit is 1.0 AU from the sun.

• A)7.6 AU
• B)0.63 AU
• C)0.50 AU
• D)2.0 AU
• E)0.71 AU