PLEASE HELP ME If a small planet were located 8.0 times as far from the sun as the Earth is, how many years would the planet take to orbit the sun?

the time period is 22.63 years

Explanation:

The computation of the number of years taken is as follows:

According to the Keplers law

Here T denotes the time period

And, R denotes the average distance among the sun and planet

Now let us assume for earth

R_1 & T_1 be 1 year

So, for Planet

Now applied Keplers law

So, the time period is 22.63 years

scattering of light by tiny particles in air to produce the colors we see on sky, is dependent on the following factors:

(i) wavelength of light

(ii) size of the scattering particle  

(iii) distance traveled by light through the atmosphere.

according to rayleigh's law of scattering, the amount of scattering is inversely proportional to the fourth power of its wavelength. shorter the wavelength, greater is its scattering. hence violet/blue light is scattered more than red.

sun's light is a composite light ( visible light) with wavelengths in the range 400 nm (violet) to 700 nm (red). as sunlight passes through our atmosphere, the molecules of air scatter light according to their wavelengths. during sunrise and sunset, the sun's position is below the horizon. hence light from the sun travels a greater distance in the atmosphere when compared to its position a noon.

as sunlight enters the earth's atmosphere, blue light is scattered away and at the end of its journey in the sky, only red and orange wavelengths remain in the beam.

hence at sunrise and sunset, the sky appears reddish orange.