An asteroid revolves around the Sun in a nearly circular orbit whose mean distance…

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Gravitation · Gravitation

Problem

An asteroid revolves around the Sun in a nearly circular orbit whose mean distance from the Sun is

2.50\,\text{AU}

. Assume Earth’s orbit to be circular with radius

1.00\,\text{AU}

and time period

1.00\,\text{year}

. (a) Calculate the sidereal period of revolution of the asteroid in Earth years. (b) Express the answer of part (a) in seconds, taking

1\,\text{year}=365.25\,\text{days}