Anukruti posted an MCQ
January 18, 2021 • 03:33 am 30 points
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Jupiter orbits around sun much slower because

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    Rahul kumar best-answer

    As a planet moves further away in its orbit around the Sun, the gravitational force exerted by the Sun on the planet decreases because of increase in distance. If the force exerted on the planet decreases, the planet's acceleration, proportional to Msun/d2, must also decrease, resulting in a lower orbital speed. Jupiter is situated very far from sun that's why it's orbital speed is also low.

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    Sajan sarthak Best Answer

    Kepler's. third law suggest that squre of Time period is directly proportional to cube of Orbital radius. In the formula M is the mass of sun that is constant. so other parameters are constant so no relationship with density and mass of planet

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