A planet very similar to earth is found to be orbiting its star at a distance of 1800 million km (I.e., 1800 × 10^6 = 1.8 × 10^9 km) with a period of 21 440 days. Calculate the mass of the star in units of solar masses.

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A planet very similar to earth is found to be orbiting its star at a distance of 1800 million km (I.e., 1800 × 10^6 = 1.8 × 10^9 km) with a period of 21 440 days. Calculate the mass of the star in units of solar masses.

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