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    Oct 9, 2009, 08:27 AM
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    Kearney's Comet has a radius of 262.0km and obits the solar system (goes around the sun) in a circular path. The mass of the comet is 7.98x10^15kg and its distance of 8.95x10^12m from the sun. How long does it take for the comet to orbit once around the Sun?

    The answer is 463years but I could not figure out how to reach this answer.:confused:
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    Oct 9, 2009, 09:20 AM

    Post the equation are you using and the values you are inserting into the equation. We'll tell you where you went wrong.
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