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Kepler's Third Law

The square of the period of revolution of a planet around the sun is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis it's elliptical orbit.

T=period of revolution of planet around the sun.

Thus, as per 3 rd law it is concluded that

T² a R³

or

T² = K R³

where K is a constant for all planets.

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