According to Kepler's third law, the square of the planet's period in years is

A) equal to its perihelion distance from the Sun in AU.
B) inversely proportional to its mass in kilograms.
C) equal to the fourth power of its average temperature in degrees Kelvin.
D) proportional to the cube of its semimajor axis in AU.
E) equal to the square of its aphelion distance in AU.


D

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