Physics

Problem

The mass of the Sun is

2 \times 10^{30} \text{ kg}

, and at its equator, it rotates on its polar axis once every 25 days. a. a Determine how far away from the Sun a planet would have to be in orbit for the planet to have the same orbital period as the equatorial rotational period of the Sun, which is a heliosynchronous orbit. (

G = 6.67 \times 10^{-11} \text{ Nm}^2\text{kg}^{-2}

) b. b Where would this orbit be compared to the orbits of the other solar system planets?

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