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Using a telescope for several nights, you found a celestial body at a distance of`2xx10^(11)m` m from the sun travelling at a speed of `60kms^(-1)` Knowing that mass of the sun is`2xx10^(30)kg,` calculate after how many years you expect to see the body again at the same location.

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The body will never return to the same location
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