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English: Mars’ average distance from the Sun is roughly 230 million km (1.5 AU) and its orbital period is 687 (Earth) days as depicted in the red trail when the Earth's blue trail orbit as reference
http://weelookang.blogspot.com/2011/06/ejs-open-source-kepler-3rd-law-system.html

Kepler’s Third Law states that the square of the period of any planet is proportional to the cube of the radius of its orbit.

for example for Earth,

for example for Mars,

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Author Lookang many thanks to author of original simulation = Todd K. Timberlake author of Easy Java Simulation = Francisco Esquembre

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28 June 2011

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current06:16, 2 July 2011Thumbnail for version as of 06:16, 2 July 2011250 × 250 (635 KB)Lookangfile size smaller for thumbnail to be animated