Multiple Choice
A comet is observed to return to the vicinity of the Sun on a long elliptical orbit with a period of 31.7 years.What is the semimajor axis of the orbit?
A) 31.7 AU
B) 178.5 AU
C) 10 AU
D) 1000 AU
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