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a planet that is further away from the sun than the earth will have:
un planeta que esté más lejos del sol que la tierra tendrá:
a. a greater mass
una masa mayor
b. a shorter orbital period
un período orbital más corto
c. a longer orbital period
un período orbital más largo
d. rings of dust
anillos de polvo
Kepler's third law states that the square of the orbital period ($T$) of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi - major axis ($a$) of its orbit ($T^{2}\propto a^{3}$). A planet further from the Sun (larger $a$) will have a longer orbital period. Mass is not directly related to the distance from the Sun in this context. And not all planets further from the Sun have dust rings.
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C. A longer orbital period