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A planet's moon travels in an approximately circular orbit of radius 5.8 × 107 m with a period of 7 h 36 min. Calculate the mass of the planet from this information. 6482078750000 kg

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Chapter13: Universal Gravitation

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Problem 14P: (a) Given that the period of the Moons orbit about the Earth is 27.32 days and the nearly constant...

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