Assuming that the earth is revolving around the sun in a circular orbit of radius $R$,the angular momentum is directly proportional to $R^{n}$. The value of $n$ is

  • A
    $2$
  • B
    $1.5$
  • C
    $1$
  • D
    $0.5$

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