Explain Kepler’s three laws in your own words: kepler's third law implies that the period
for a planet to actually orbit the sun increases with the radius of the orbit
. Then calculate the orbital period of a dwarf planet found to have a semimajor axis of a
= 4.0x 10 12 meters in seconds and years.
G is universal gravitational constant
M is solar mass
Plugging all the values,
Since,
So, the orbital period of a dwarf planet is 138.52 years.
Research (and cite your source) to determine which planet this dwarf planet would be
closest to. Submit a scan of your work and answers using the submission link for this
assignment. : pluto is the dwarf planet and the nearest planet is mercury.