The planet's orbital period is

A) the time it takes it to rotate and have the same face toward us again.
B) the time it takes to return to the same location in the sky, relative to the Sun.
C) the time it takes for a satellite to orbit it.
D) the time it takes for it to retrograde back to the same position as we pass it.
E) the time its magnetic field takes to spin once.


B

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