document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=174051>Question 174051</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Okay I have submitted this problem twice already but I believe that I have figured it out.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if the average radius of the orbit of venus is 0.723 AU, then how many years does it take for venus to complete one orbit of the sun? use these to figure the problem 28.46years 11.86 years sun to jupiter, 5.2AU\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is how I worked out the problem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "v=x/.37793<BR>\n" );
document.write( "jupiter11.86/5.2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.2x=4.4822<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=.86 years to obrit the sun<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for some reason that doesn't look right to me because how can you orbit the sun in .86 years is there a such thing? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #128957 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><B>vleith(2983)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=128957\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Not clear what this means --> use these to figure the problem 28.46years 11.86 years sun to jupiter, 5.2AU\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But here is a link that gives you Kepler's equation for period as a function of distance from the sun. http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Look down at the bottom to find<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P+=+R%5E%283%2F2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P+=+R%5E%283%2F2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where P is the period and R is the distance in AU<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For Venus that yields <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P+=+0.723%5E%281.5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P+=+0.723%5E%281.5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P+=+0.614 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P+=+0.614\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > years\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As in your answer, that is less than a year. Which makes sense. The planets closer to the sun orbit faster than earth does. We take a year, so they take less than a year. Planets from Mars on out take longer. here's a page with orbit values for several planets -->http://www.swivel.com/data_columns/show/2202455\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And remember, new data says Pluto is not a planet anymore. It is a dwarf planet. --> http://www.askdavetaylor.com/is_pluto_still_a_planet.html\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps<BR>\n" );
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