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EXE.2.SL.TZ0.b

An asteroid (minor planet) orbits the Sun in a circular orbit of radius 4.5 × 108 km. The radius of Earth’s orbit is 1.5 × 108 km. Calculate, in years, the orbital period of the asteroid.

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An attempt to use Kepler’s 3rd law, e.g., T12=4.51.53 ✓

T=«4.51.51.5=» 5.2 «years» ✓

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