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Satellite Motion: Speed & Period
Satellite Motion: Speed & Period
8. Centripetal Forces & Gravitation / Satellite Motion: Speed & Period / Problem 6
Astronomers have observed an asteroid orbiting a planet in another planetary system. They have estimated the radius of the orbit of the asteroid around the planet to be 1.5 × 107 m and the gravitational force on the asteroid due to the planet to be 230 N. They calculated that, if the radius of the orbit was 4.0 × 107 m instead the orbital period of the asteroid would have been 3.0 h. Determine the planet's mass.
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