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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Kepler's third law

T is the period of the orbit around the Sun in earth years. 

a is the semimajor axis in astronomical units, AU 

The standard form of Kepler's third law:

T2 = a3

Solution for unknown T

T = a(3/2)

Solution for unknown a

a = T(2/3)