8. Centripetal Forces & Gravitation
Acceleration Due to Gravity
Problem 13j
Textbook Question
Textbook QuestionAsteroid 253 Mathilde is one of several that have been visited by space probes. This asteroid is roughly spherical with a diameter of 53 km. The free-fall acceleration at the surface is 9.9 ✕ 10⁻³ m/s². What is the asteroid's mass?
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