A space probe is put into a circular orbit around the Sun at a distance of exactly 2 AU from the Sun.According to Kepler's third law,how long does it take this probe to orbit the Sun once?
A) 1.6 years (cube root of 4)
B) 1 year
C) 8 years
D) 2.8 years (square root of 8)
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