Let the period of revolution of a planet at a distance of 2R from a star be T. What will be its period of revolution if it was at a distance of 8R from the star ? *
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According to Kepler's third law, The square of orbital period of revolution T of a planet around a star is directly proportional to the cube of the mean distance R of the planet from the star. Thus, for a planet, at a distance of 2R from the star, its period of revolution will be √8 T.
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