Mercury takes 88 days to complete an orbit around the Sun; Venus takes 225 to complete an orbit around the Sun.  Which of the following might be the period of a Hohmann transfer orbit that takes you from Mercury to Venus?     140 days     450 days     225 days     88 days     44 days

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Mercury takes 88 days to complete an orbit around the Sun; Venus takes 225 to complete an orbit around the Sun.  Which of the following might be the period of a Hohmann transfer orbit that takes you from Mercury to Venus?

   

140 days

   

450 days

   

225 days

   

88 days

   

44 days

 

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    the Sun

       

    Mars

       

    Earth

       

    Uranus

     

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    it ignites spontaneously when subject to high enough pressures

       

    it has the greatest thrust of any rocket fuel

       

    solid rocket engines can be shut off and turned on again

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    it should make a 180-degree roll maneuver before it fires its main engines

       

    it does not need to make any attitude changes before firing its main engines

       

    it should make a 180-degree yaw maneuver before it fires its main engines

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    a space probe going to Mars

       

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