When sending a spacecraft to a destination in outer space, engineers may plan its the route so that it passes very close to planets.
How does this help the spacecraft reach its destination?

Use the ratio form of kepler’s third law, = , and the data provided to determine the time it takes mars to orbit the sun. round your answer to the nearest tenth. earth’s orbital period = 1.0 earth year earth’s distance from the sun = 1.0 au mars’s distance from the sun = 1.5 au it takes mars about ⇒ 1.8 earth years to orbit the sun.