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Compare your answer with the radii of the planets listed in the Table A-10. Which planet is this white dwarf is closely equal to in size?
I Table A-10 I Properties of the Planets
ORBITAL PROPERTIES
Semimajor Axis (a)
Orbital Period (P)
Average Orbital
Velocity (km/s)
Orbital
Inclination
Planet
(AU)
(106 km)
(v)
(days)
Eccentricity
to Ecliptic
Mercury
0.387
57.9
0.241
88.0
47.9
0.206
7.0°
Venus
0.723
108
0.615
224.7
35.0
0.007
3.4°
Earth
1.00
150
1.00
365.3
29.8
0.017
Mars
1.52
228
1.88
687.0
24.1
0.093
1.8°
Jupiter
5.20
779
11.9
4332
13.1
0.049
1.30
Saturn
9.58
1433
29.5
10,759
9.7
0.056
2.5°
30,799
60,190
Uranus
19.23
2877
84.3
6.8
0.044
0.8°
Neptune
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30.10
4503
164.8
5.4
0.011
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FA / FB = 2.51(MB - MA)
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