Concept explainers
To graph: the location of Mars from the Sun.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Consider the following information:
Kepler’s third law:
Where,
Time taken by Mars to orbit the Sun
Consider the diagram with the Sun at the origin of x-y plane and a possible location of Earth.
Graph:
As per problem,
Kepler’s third law:
Time taken by Mars to orbit the Sunis
Substitute the value of
Therefore,the mean distance of Mars from the Sun is
Hence, Mars is located at the point
Graph the location of Mars with the Sun at the origin of x-y plane and the possible location of Earth.
Interpretation:Mars is located at a distance
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