Rankers Physics
Topic: Gravitation
Subtopic: Keplers Law

Taking that the earth revolves round the sun in a circular orbit of radius 15 × 1010 m with a time period of 1 year, the time taken by another planet, which is at a distance of 540 × 1010 m, to revolve round the sun in a circular orbit once, will be :
216 years
144 years
72 years
36 years

Solution:

To find the time taken by a planet at a distance of \( 540 \times 10^{10} \) m to revolve around the Sun, we can use Kepler's Third Law:

\[
\frac{T_1^2}{T_2^2} = \frac{r_1^3}{r_2^3}
\]

 Given:
- Earth:
- \( T_1 = 1 \) year
- \( r_1 = 15 \times 10^{10} \) m
- Planet:
- \( r_2 = 540 \times 10^{10} \) m

 Calculation:
1. Set up the ratio:
\[
\frac{1^2}{T_2^2} = \left( \frac{15}{540} \right)^3
\]
\[
\frac{15}{540} = \frac{1}{36} \quad \Rightarrow \quad \left( \frac{1}{36} \right)^3 = \frac{1}{46656}
\]

2. Solve for \( T_2^2 \):
\[
T_2^2 = 46656 \quad \Rightarrow \quad T_2 = \sqrt{46656} = 216 \text{ years}
\]

The time taken by the planet to revolve around the Sun once is approximately 216 years.

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