Kepler's third law can be described in which of the following ways?
A) The time to complete one revolution of its orbit depends on the size or radius of the planet.
B) The smaller the radius of a planet, the more rapidly it rotates on its axis.
C) The smaller the orbit of a planet, the longer the planet takes to complete one revolution.
D) The larger the orbit of a planet, the longer the planet takes to complete one revolution.

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Kepler's third law states that the square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit. This means that the larger the orbit of a planet (i.e., the greater the semi-major axis), the longer the planet takes to complete one revolution.

Kepler's Third Law Can Be Described in Which of the Following