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The synodic period for a planet is different from its sidereal period because

(a)   the Earth (and hence the observer) moves.
(b)   the planet’s speed varies as it moves around the Sun in its orbit.
(c)   the planet’s orbital distance from the Sun is different from that of Earth from the Sun.
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