An object weighs 100 N on the surface of the Earth. The object is then taken to a planet that has the mass three times smaller than the Earth's and the radius two times smaller than the Earth's. The object's weight on that planet is about?
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This force is given by the formula F = G * (m1 * m2) / r^2, where G is the gravitational constant, m1 and m2 are the masses of the two objects (in this case, the object and the planet), and r is the distance between the centers of the two objects (which is Show more…
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