Reply to post: Re: Make Pluto great again

Boffins discover new dust clouds in the Solar System, Mercury has a surprisingly filthy ring

englishr

Re: Make Pluto great again

Thank you for the link, but my reading of the page is that it is contrary to your understanding. Could you draw attention to the parts that support your argument that orbital velocity in a solar orbit is a function of the mass of the orbiting body?

From the web page referenced:

So does the mass of the planet have a significant impact upon its orbital period (or orbital speed) about some star? Given that planets are by definition almost always much less massive than the stars they orbit, the practical answer is "NO."

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