The Solar System and orbits

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Figure 1 shows the relationship between the average distance of planets from the Sun and their orbital period (the time it takes to complete one orbit).

A line graph titled 'Orbital Period vs. Distance from the Sun'. The y-axis is 'Orbital period (Earth years)' ranging from 0 to 12 with major gridlines every 2 units. The x-axis is 'Average distance from the Sun (millions of km)' ranging from 0 to 800 with major gridlines every 100 units. A smooth curve rises from the origin (0,0), passing through (150, 1.0), (228, 1.9), (300, 2.8), (400, 4.4), (500, 6.1), (600, 8.0), and (778, 11.9).

Vesta is a large asteroid orbiting the Sun within the asteroid belt. It has an orbital period of 3.6 Earth years.

Use the graph in Figure 1 to estimate the average distance of Vesta from the Sun.

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