If We Want to Measure the Mass of a Star

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Multiple Choice

If we want to measure the mass of a star or a planet we usually rely on the orbital motion of a satellite or binary companion.Which is the basis for a mass measurement of a solitary mass?

• A) time dilation
• B) length contraction
• C) gravitational redshift
• D) geodesics

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