2017_dec Booklet A Part B Q30 📚 Geophysics
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By Kepler's third law, a planet's orbital period increases with its distance from the Sun (period squared is proportional to semi-major axis cubed), so planets farther from the Sun move more slowly in their orbits (lower orbital angular velocity) than planets closer to the Sun, regardless of the planet's own mass, density, or rotation rate.
Jupiter orbits the Sun at a much greater average distance (about 5.2 AU) than Earth (1 AU). According to Kepler's third law, orbital period T...

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