Suppose a new planet is discovered between Uranus and Neptune. Its time period would be

less than that of Neptune.

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more than that of Neptune.

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equal to that of Neptune or Uranus.

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less than that of Uranus.

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The correct option is A less than that of Neptune.
The orbital time period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit around another object. In this case, when a new planet is introduced in between the distance between the sun and the new plant is lesser than the distance between the planet Neptune and the sun.Hence, the time period of the new planet is lesser than the time period of Neptune.

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