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It is known that the period of revolution of the earth about the sun is 365.3 days and tha...

It is known that the period of revolution of the earth about the sun is 365.3 days and that the semimajor axis of the earth’s orbit is 1.495 × 1011 m. An astronormer notes that the period of a distant planet is 29.7 earth years. What is the semimajor axis of the distant planet’s orbit? Check in a reference source (encyclopedia, online, or the like) what planet of the solar system this might be.

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