A planet has 1/9 the earth's mass and half its radius. It orbits a star with six times the sun's mass with an orbital period of 48 years. Suppose aliens from this planet crash their spaceship in New Mexico. If the spaceship weighs 1200 Zorgs on their planet, then what is the weight in New Mexico, in Zorgs? I got 533.3 Zorgs but it was incorrect.
A planet has 1/9 the earth's mass and half its radius. It orbits a star with six times the sun's mass with an orbital period of 48 years. Suppose aliens from this planet crash their spaceship in New Mexico. If the spaceship weighs 1200 Zorgs on their planet, then what is the weight in New Mexico, in Zorgs? I got 533.3 Zorgs but it was incorrect.
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A planet has 1/9 the earth's mass and half its radius. It orbits a star with six times the sun's mass with an orbital period of 48 years.
Suppose aliens from this planet crash their spaceship in New Mexico. If the spaceship weighs 1200 Zorgs on their planet, then what is the weight in New Mexico, in Zorgs?
I got 533.3 Zorgs but it was incorrect.
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