Kepler's third law states that the

A. period of an orbit cubed equals the semi-major axis squared.
B. planets move fastest when they are closest to the Sun.
C. semi-major axis of an orbit cubed equals the period squared.
D. semi-major axis of an orbit is inversely proportional to the period.


Answer: C

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