Question

(c) If you had to calculate the mass of the earth, how would you do it?
(ii) Write a​

Answer 1

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To calculate the mass of the Earth, all one needs to do is divide by G. There's a catch, though. If the product is GME is known to a high degree of accuracy (and it is), dividing by G will lose a lot of accuracy because the gravitational constant G is only known to four decimal places of accuracy.