What Are the Equations for Calculating Centripetal Acceleration?

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The radius of the Earth's orbit about the sun is about 1.5x10^11m. The mass of the Earth is 5.98x^10^24kg



Equations:
ac= v^2/r
ac=4∏^2/r
v=2∏r/T


I could not figure out what to do so i could not attempt it
 
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Centripetal acceleration is ##a_c=\frac{v^2}{R}##.
Since ##v=\frac{2\pi R}{T}##, where ##T## is the period, so
##a_c=\frac{4\pi^2 R}{T^2}##.
 
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