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REFERRING TO EXAMPLE 12-8 Find the orbital radius that corresponds to a "year" of 150 days.
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We know that 1 day is equal to 86400 seconds. Therefore, 150 days is equal to $150 \times 86400 = 1.3 \times 10^{7}$ seconds. Show more…
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