Multiple Choice
Kepler's third law of planetary motion states that the square of a planet's orbital period is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of the orbit. Put simply, planets _________ from the Sun have _________ orbital periods, and we can calculate a planet's orbital period if we know the dimensions of its orbit.
A) closer to; longer
B) farther from; shorter
C) closer to; no
D) farther from; longer
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