(urth) grumble at wolfe comment made attached to guardianarticle

[Jeff Wilson]

On 2/8/2011 9:29 PM, Jack Smith wrote:
> I like this explanation, but I don't think it would work.  For bodies in
> orbit around a central body, the orbital period is directly proportional
> to the distance or radius from the central body.

Orbital period varies with the 3/2 power of the radius:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_period

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