Monday, August 15, 2011

Asteroid distance from the sun?

The Asteroid Palla orbits the Sun like other planets. Its period is about 1680 days. What is its mean distance from the sun? (Note: this problem does not involve much calculator use, IF you set up a ratio, and use time-units of days and distance units of AU. 1 AU is the distance from the Earth to the sun.

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