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You are an astronaut and you have landed on a small asteroid with radius 7862 m . Through trial an error you learn that if you throw a small satelite of mass 9900 kg with a velocity of 2.28605541300077( m)/(s) it will fly in a circular orbit around the asteroid. What is the mass of the asteroid?

Name: you are an astronaut and you have landed on a small asteroid with radius 7862 m through trial an error you learn that if you throw a small satelite of mass 9900 kg with a velocity of 2286055 91217
Uploaded: 2023-03-04T03:52:29-08:00
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Channel: Timothy James
Description: you are an astronaut and you have landed on a small asteroid with radius 7862 m through trial an error you learn that if you throw a small satelite of mass 9900 kg with a velocity of 2286055 91217

          You are an astronaut and you have landed on a small asteroid with radius 7862 m . Through trial an error you learn that if you throw a small satelite of mass 9900 kg with a velocity of 2.28605541300077( m)/(s) it will fly in a circular orbit around the asteroid. What is the mass of the asteroid?

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You are an astronaut and you have landed on a small asteroid with radius 7862 m . Through trial an error you learn that if you throw a small satelite of mass 9900 kg with a velocity of 2.28605541300077( m)/(s) it will fly in a circular orbit around the asteroid. What is the mass of the asteroid?