Kepler's third law is a relationship between an orbiting object's
A) gravitational force and mass.
B) acceleration and mass.
C) velocity and period.
D) period and semimajor axis.
E) semimajor axis and velocity.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Kepler's third law states that the square of the orbital period of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of its orbit.

Kepler's Third Law Is a Relationship Between an Orbiting Object's