An Astronaut Drops a Marble on the Surface of the Airless

question 23

Multiple Choice

An astronaut drops a marble on the surface of the airless Planet Z-49 and observes that it takes 1.02 s for the marble to fall 2.00 m starting from rest.She also knows that the radius of Z-49 is 3.39 × 10⁶ m.From this information,what will she determine for the mass of Z-49? (G = 6.67 × 10^-11 N ∙ m²/kg²)

• A)3.30 × kg.
• B)6.62 × kg.
• C)4.62 × kg.
• D)8.09 × kg.
• E)9.95 × kg.

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