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Consider an Asteroid in an Elliptical Orbit Whose Closest Point rc=1AUr_{c}=1 \mathrm{AU}

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Consider an asteroid in an elliptical orbit whose closest point to the sun is rc=1AUr_{c}=1 \mathrm{AU} and farthest point is 7AU7 \mathrm{AU} from the sun. Its orbital period is


A) 1yr1 \mathrm{yr}
B) (3.5) 2/3y=2.31y(3.5) ^{2 / 3} y=2.31 y
C) 4yr4 \mathrm{yr}
D) 83/2y=22.6y8^{3 / 2} y=22.6 y
E) Some other period (specify)

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