2. The radius of an asteroid's orbit about the Sun is approximately 2 times the radius of Earth's orbit about the Sun. The time, measured in Earth years, for the asteroid to make one complete revolution about the Sun is most nearly a. 1.4 years b. 2.0 years c. 2.8 years d. 4.0 years e. 8.0 years
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