6 -- 9 www On a recent trip to the Coca-Cola Space Science Center downtown, you finally got to ask a question that has always made you wonder: how do we KNOW the mass of other planets. When you asked your host, Dr. Rosa Williams gives you an example. Recently, satellite observations found a moon around the planet Sirius Rho, and recorded the period of the moon to be 3,091,290 seconds. If the distance from the center of the moon to the surface of Sirius Rho is 392.3 x 106 m and the planet has a radius of 13.1 x 106 m, calculate the mass of the planet. Your Answer: units Answer

6 -- 9 www On a recent trip to the Coca-Cola Space Science Center downtown, you finally got to ask a question that has always made you wonder: how do we KNOW the mass of other planets. When you asked your host, Dr. Rosa Williams gives you an example. Recently, satellite observations found a moon around the planet Sirius Rho, and recorded the period of the moon to be 3,091,290 seconds. If the distance from the center of the moon to the surface of Sirius Rho is 392.3 x 106 m and the planet has a radius of 13.1 x 106 m, calculate the mass of the planet. Your Answer: units Answer

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

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ISBN:9781133939146

Author:Katz, Debora M.

Publisher:Katz, Debora M.

Chapter7: Gravity

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