An asteroid orbits the Sun in a 2:1 resonance with Jupiter. What is its orbital period (in years)?   What is its average distance from the Sun (in AU)?

Q: Dione, a moon of Saturn, has an orbital radius of 377,400 km, and an orbital period of about 2.737…

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Q: Calculate the Sun's orbital period.

A: Sun is part of the Milkyway galaxy and follows an orbit around the center of the galaxy.   Sun is…

Q: An asteroid orbits the Sun in 4.7 (Earth) Years. What is its average distance from the Sun (in AU)?…

A: Given data: Time period T = 4.7 years

Q: An asteroid is observed to be on a superior orbit with a synodic period of 441.19 days. What are the…

A: Express the equation connecting synodic period and sidereal period. 1Psid=1P0-1Psyn  -----1 Here, P0…

Q: The Sphere between r = 3 mm and r = 5 mm is filled with volume charge density of 50 nC/m³. A point…

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Q: Asteroid X in the Solar System has a semimajor axis of 3.25 AU and an orbital period that is 125…

A: According to Kepler's 3 rd law of planetary motion the square of time period (T) is directly…

Q: What would be the angular diameter (in arc seconds) of a planet with diameter 8.5 x 105 km and…

A: Given, The diameter of the planet 1: d = 8.5 x 105 km The distance of planet 1 from its star: R1=175…

Q: Pluto’s orbit around the Sun is highly elliptical compared to the planets in our Solar System. It…

A: Given value--- perihelion distance of 29.7 AU aphelion distance of 49.5 AU We have to find--- a)…

Q: What is the orbital period of a planet with an average orbital distance of approximately 1000 AU…

A: The motion of the planet is uniform circular motion. Therefore, the force equation along radial…

Q: A planet orbits the Sun every 539.4 years. What is its distance (semi-major axis of the orbit) from…

A: The given data we have: Time period of revolution: 539.4 years   The objective is to calculate the…

Q: planets orbit the same star in circular orbits. One orbits at a distance of 167AU and takes 1.5days…

A: The unit of distance is a centimeter in the CGS system. In physics, distance is defined as the…

Q: What would be the period of a (hypothetical) solar-system planet whose orbit has a semimajor axis of…

A: According to Kepler's third law the relation between time period and length of semi major axis is…

Q: Scientists at NASA announced the discovery of a new solar system containing four planets. The…

A: The orbital period is dependent on the distance between the sun and the planet. With the help of the…

Q: An asteroid is observed to be on a superior orbit with a synodic period of 466.6 days. What are the…

A: Express the relation between sidereal period and synodic period of asteroid in superior orbit.…

Q: to two decimal places): (what is ‘h’?)​Eccentricity of earth orbit is 0.0167​µ(sun) = 1.32712E+11…

A: a) To calculate the speed of the Earth around the sun at aphelion, we need to use the equation for…

Q: Let's define the gravitational pull between Earth and the Sun as 1 Earth-pull. What is the pull that…

A: The gravitational pull between the Earth and Sun is

Q: The asteroid Icarus has a perihelion distance of 0.19 AU and an orbital eccentricity of 0.83. What…

A: The perihelion distance rmin is given by rmin=a1-e Where a is the semi major axis distance and e is…

Q: What is the orbital period (in years) of a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) orbiting the Sun at 43.8 AU?…

A: T2=kr3 T is the orbital time period in years r is the distance between planet and Sun in AU

Q: Saturn has an orbital period of 29.6 years. Explain how to calculate the average distance from the…

A: Given orbital period of Saturn around sun is T= 29.6 years Seconds in a year is equal to…

Q: The solar system has a planet with an orbital period T1b=1.51d and an orbital radius of…

A: According to Kepler's first law , every planet revolves around sun in an elliptical orbit with sun…

Q: Saturn's mass is M= 5.69 x 1026 kg and its radius R-60,300 km. If a moon orbits Saturn at a distance…

A: Mass of Saturn = Radius of Saturn = 60300 kmLet the mass of the moon = m  kgThe velocity of the of…

Q: The planet Saturn has a mass of 5.68×10^26 kg and a radius of 58,200 km. Janus, a moon of Saturn,…

A: Solution: Given: G = gravitational constant = 6.67 x 10-11 N.m2/kg2 M = mass of Saturn = 5.68 x 1026…

Q: The asteroid Icarus has a perihelion distance of 0.19 AU, an orbital eccentricity of 0.83 and semi…

A: The Apsis of a planetary body is the farthest or the nearest point in its orbit from the primary…

Q: What is the angle between the equatorial plane and the orbital plane of: (a) polar satellite (b)…

A: The plane in which satellite orbits around Earth is called Orbital plane of a satellite.

Q: Arrange the sequence of the planet's from nearest to farthest from the sun.

A: Solar system consists of stars such as, the Sun, and the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,…

Q: Determine what the period of revolution of the Earth would be if its distance from the Sun were 3.5…

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Q: What is the angular diameter of Saturn (in arc seconds) as seen from Earth when the two planets are…

A: In the question it is said that when the two planets Earth and Saturn are farthest paath what will…