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If one knows a planet's period of revolution, its __________ can be ca...
 
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Question:

If one knows a planet's period of revolution, its __________ can be calculated.

Answer:

distance from the sun

This is Kepler's 3rd Law of Planetary Motion.  He developed a mathematical formula for determining how far observed planets were away from the sun.


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Kepler's Laws

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