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If a new planet is discovered rotating around sun with the orbital radius double that of the earth, then what will be its time period? (in earth's days) (Take $\sqrt{2}=1.4$ )

Updated On: Jul 29, 2023
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Solution and Explanation

By Kepler's third law, $T^{2} \propto R^{3}$ $\therefore \left(\frac{ T _{2}}{365 \text { days }}\right)^{2}=\left(\frac{2 r }{ r }\right)^{3} $ $T _{2}=365 \times 2 \sqrt{2}=1032$ days

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Concepts Used:

Keplers Laws

Kepler’s laws of planetary motion are three laws describing the motion of planets around the sun.

Kepler First law – The Law of Orbits

All the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits having the sun at one of the foci.

Kepler’s Second Law – The Law of Equal Areas

It states that the radius vector drawn from the sun to the planet sweeps out equal areas in equal intervals of time.

Kepler’s Third Law – The Law of Periods

It states that the square of the time period of revolution of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of its semi-major axis.

T2 ∝ a3