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Grade 11General Physics

the time period of earth is taken as T and its distance from sum as Rn. what will be the distance of a certain planet from sum whose time period is 64 times than that of earth?

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12 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Ashish Kumar
12 Years ago
By keplers law T^2 is directly proportional to R^3. therefore,
(R/Rn)^3 = (64 T / T )^2
R = 16 Rn


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Profile image of Pratibha Rani
12 Years ago
same as above
Profile image of karunya
7 Years ago
T2 is directly proportional to R3 -------1
I taken R0 as an distance from the sun ------2
Divide both2 and 1
T2/64T=R3/R03
R03=64T×R3
R03=(4cube)3Ro3
R0=16