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 m, determine the mass of the planet.

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

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

(c) Compute the mass of the planet.

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