A comet is observed to sweep an area of around the Sun in days

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Gravitation · Gravitation

Problem

A comet is observed to sweep an area of 7.5×1014 m27.5 \times 10^{14}\,\text{m}^2 around the Sun in 5.05.0 days. Assuming the motion continues to obey Kepler’s law of equal areas, find the time it will take the comet to sweep an area of 1.5×1015 m21.5 \times 10^{15}\,\text{m}^2.

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