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You Discover a Moon Orbiting a Planet

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You discover a moon orbiting a planet.The moon has an orbital period of three weeks, and the average distance between the moon and planet is 1.2 *106 km.What is the planet's mass? Compare its mass to that of Jupiter, which is 1.9 * 1027 kg.


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