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Given information

The comet Hale–Bopp has an orbital period of 2400 years.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

According to Kepler's third law

 

Where,

is period of revolution of the planet

is the average distance between sun and planet

 

Kepler's third law is valid for elliptical orbits as circular orbits if radius r is replaced by the semi-major axis s

 

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