A moon orbits a planet of unknown mass with a period of 18


A moon orbits a planet of unknown mass with a period of 1.8 days. If the radius of the moon's orbit is 420,000,000 meters, find the mass of the planet.

(a) First, find the speed of the moon.

(b) Determine the centripetal acceleration of the moon.
(This is also the acceleration of gravity due to the planet)

(c) Find the mass of the planet.

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