Titan is the largest moon of Saturn, and the only moon in the solar system known to have a substantial atmosphere. Its radius is easily measured to be 2570km. Since it doesn't have a satellite itself it's not obvious to us how we could determine its mass. Suppose an astronaut of mass 60kg visits and finds her weight to be 81N. What is Titan's mass?

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Titan is the largest moon of Saturn, and the only moon in the solar system known to have a substantial atmosphere.
Its radius is easily measured to be 2570km. Since it doesn't have a satellite itself it's not obvious to us how we could
determine its mass. Suppose an astronaut of mass 60kg visits and finds her weight to be 81N. What is Titan's mass?

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