Two planets move around the sun. The periodic times and the mean radii of the orbits are $T_1, T_2$ and $r_1, r_2$ respectively. The ratio $T_1/T_2$ is equal to

  • A
    $(r_1/r_2)^{1/2}$
  • B
    $r_1/r_2$
  • C
    $(r_1/r_2)^2$
  • D
    $(r_1/r_2)^{3/2}$

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