a) A moon has been discovered around a planet of unknown mass. The moon orbits with P=98 days an

Name: a) A moon has been discovered around a planet of unknown mass. The moon orbits with P=98 days and a=440,000 km and the moon is thought to have a mass of 1.3 × 10^22 kg. What is the mass of the planet? You should give your answer in Mars masses.
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Description: a) A moon has been discovered around a planet of unknown mass. The moon orbits with P=98 days and a=440,000 km and the moon is thought to have a mass of 1.3 × 10^22 kg. What is the mass of the planet? You should give your answer in Mars masses.

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Step 1: Recall Kepler&#x27;s Third Law of Planetary Motion, which states that the square of the orbit

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a) A moon has been discovered around a planet of unknown mass. The moon orbits with P=98 days and a=440,000 km and the moon is thought to have a mass of $1.3 \times 10^{22}$ kg. What is the mass of the planet? You should give your answer in Mars masses.

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