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Kepler's law starts that square of the time period of any planet moving around the sun in an elliptical orbit of semi-major axis (R) is directly proportional to

A

R

B

`(1)/(R)`

C

`R^(3)`

D

`(1)/(R_(3))`

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C

Kepler's third law states that square of the time period of any planet about the sun is directly proportional to `R^(3)`.
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