Keplers Third Law states that T 2 /a 3 has the same value for each planetary orbit.

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Kepler’s Third Law states that T2/ahas the same value for each planetary orbit. Do the data in the following table support this conclusion? Estimate the length of Jupiter’s period, assuming that a = 77.8 × 1010 m.

Planet a (10 m) T (years) Mercury 5.79 0.241 Venus Earth Mars 10.8 15.0 22.8 0.615 1.00 1.88

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Calculus

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Authors: Jon Rogawski, Colin Adams, Robert Franzosa

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