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A planet of mass M moves around the sun along an ellipse so that its minimum distance from the sun is equal to r and the maximum distance to R. Making use of K epler's law, find the its period of revolution around the sun.

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`sqrt(((r+R)^(3))/(2GM_(s)))`
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