A planet has a sidereal period that is many times longer than its synodic period. This planet:
A) must be inside the orbit of Venus.
B) must be outside the orbit of Mars.
C) cannot exist since a planet's sidereal period cannot be longer than its synodic period.
D) might be anywhere in the solar system, since all sidereal periods are much longer than synodic periods.
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