Pearson Etext Essential Cosmic Perspective -- Access Card (8th Edition)
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Chapter 4, Problem 11EAP
Under what conditions can we use Newton’s version of Kepler’s third law to calculate an object’s mass, and what quantities must we measure in order to complete the calculation?
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Pearson Etext Essential Cosmic Perspective -- Access Card (8th Edition)
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