Question

A research team has discovered that a moon is circling a planet of our solar system: The moon

orbits the planet once every 7 hours on a nearly circular orbit in a distance R of 48000 km from

the centre of the planet. Unfortunately, the mass m of the moon is not known. Use Newton’s law

of gravitation with G = 6.67 · 10−11 m3

/(kg·s

2

) to approach the following questions:

F = G ·

mM

R2

(1)

(a) Based on the observations, determine the total mass M of the planet.

(b) Which moon and planet of our solar system is the team observing? (Use literature.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a).Earth's Mass=1

(b).Earth

Explanation:

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