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India’s Mangalyan was sent to the Mars by launching it into a transfer orbit EOM around the sun. It leaves the earth at E and meets Mars at M. If the semi-major axis of Earth’s orbit is \[{{a}_{e}}=1.5\times {{10}^{11}}m,\] that of Mars orbit \[{{a}_{m}}=2.28\times {{10}^{11}}m,\]m, taken Kepler’s laws give the estimate of time for Mangalyan to reach Mars from Earth to be close to:                                                                                            [JEE ONLINE 09-04-2014]

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A)  500 days         

B)       320 days

C)  260 days         

D)       220 days