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The Mars perihelion distance is about 206.650106km and the Mars aphelion distance is about ...
The Mars perihelion distance is about 206.650×106km and the Mars aphelion distance is about 249.261×106. From Kepler's law of periods, calculate the number of days (Earth days) required for Mars to make one revolution around the Sun; then compare your answer with the value given in any textbook (or NASA facts sheet: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/marsfact.html). Explain why your answer is different? [assume one earth year is 365.256 days; mean distance of Earth to Sun is 149.598×106km ]