You are the science officer on a visit to a distant solar system. Prior to landing on a planet you measure its radius to be 9 x 106 m and its rotation period to be 22.3 hours. You have previously determined that the planet orbits 2.2 x 10¹¹1 m from its star with a period of 402 days (3.473 x 107 sec). Once on the surface you find that the free-fall acceleration is 12.2 m/sec². a) What is the mass of the planet? Answer: 1.5 x 10²5 kg. b) What is the mass of the star? Answer: 5.2 x 103⁰ kg.

You are the science officer on a visit to a distant solar system. Prior to landing on a planet you measure its radius to be 9 x 106 m and its rotation period to be 22.3 hours. You have previously determined that the planet orbits 2.2 x 10¹¹1 m from its star with a period of 402 days (3.473 x 107 sec). Once on the surface you find that the free-fall acceleration is 12.2 m/sec². a) What is the mass of the planet? Answer: 1.5 x 10²5 kg. b) What is the mass of the star? Answer: 5.2 x 103⁰ kg.

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Chapter26: Relativity

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Problem 9P: A muon formed high in Earth's atmosphere travels toward Earth at a speed v = 0.990c for a distance...

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