SOLUTION: According to Kepler's third law of motion, the ratio T^2/R3 has the same value of every planet in the solar system. T is the number of years it takes a planet to orbit the sun. R
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Question 307062: According to Kepler's third law of motion, the ratio T^2/R3 has the same value of every planet in the solar system. T is the number of years it takes a planet to orbit the sun. R is the average radius of the orbit of the planet measured in astronomical units(AU). The question is, 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? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! According to Kepler's third law of motion, the ratio T^2/R^3 has the same value of every planet in the solar system.
T is the number of years it takes a planet to orbit the sun.
R is the average radius of the orbit of the planet measured in astronomical units(AU).
The question is, 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?
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We know the earth is 1^2/1^3 = 1
: = 1
T^2 = .723^3
T^2 = .377933
T =
T = .6147 yrs
