Mars' orbit has a diameter 1.52 times that of the earth's orbit. how long does it take mars to orbit the sun?

Question

mars' orbit has a diameter 1.52 times that of the earth's orbit. how long does it take mars to orbit the sun?(period of the earth =365 days)

Answer 1

668 days from memory

Answer 2

Average orbital speed of Mars = 24.077 km/s

Average orbital speed of Earth = 29.783 km/s

Earth's orbit = Earth's velocity x Time taken for Earth to orbit the sun =365 x 24 x 60 x 60 x 29.783 =939236688 km

Time taken for Mars to orbit the sun = Mars's orbit / Mars's average orbital speed = 1,52 x Earth's orbit / Mars's average orbital speed = 59294752 s = 686,282 Earth days

Answer 3

We know that an object in orbit around another has centrifugal force F = (mv^2)/r

We know that the force on an object due to gravity is F=GMm/r^2 where G is the universal gravitational constant, M is the mass of the sun and m is the mass of the orbiting object (in this case Mars).

Equating these two gives us

GMm/r^2   =   (mv^2)/r

Rearanging for v

v= Squareroot(GM/r)

Now, velocity = distance / time.

So for an object moving in a circle of diameter D and taking time t to do it,

v=pi*D/t.        note D=2r, so v=2pi*r/t.

Rearange for t:  

t = 2*pi*r/v.

Sub in v from our original equation and we have

t= 2pi*r*Squareroot(r/GM).

If Mars' orbit is 1.52* Earth orbit, then plug in the numbers

(G = 6.67*10^(-11)             Earth Orbit = 1.5*10^11

M = 2*10^30                     Mars Orbit r = 1.52*Earth Orbit

This comes out as about 685days.