Gravitation
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A saturn year is 29.5 times the earth year. How far is the saturn from the sun if the earth is 1.50 × 10 8
Solution:
Using Kepler’s third law,
=
⇒ R s = R E (
) 2 ∕ 3
= 1.5 × 10 8 (
) 2 ∕ 3
= 1.4 × 10 9 k m
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