Kepler's Third, or harmonic, law states that the
A) period of an orbit cubed equals the semi-major axis squared.
B) semi-major axis of an orbit cubed equals the period squared.
C) planets move fastest when they are closest to the Sun.
D) semi-major axis of an orbit is inversely proportional to the period.
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