3rd Law: The square of the period is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis.

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3rd Law: The square of the period is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis.

$\begin{displaymath}T^2 = \frac{4\pi^2}{GM}a^3 \end{displaymath}$

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2001-01-05