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book College Physics with MasteringPhysics 7th Edition by Jerry Wilson,Anthony Buffa,Bo Lou cover

College Physics with MasteringPhysics 7th Edition by Jerry Wilson,Anthony Buffa,Bo Lou

Edition 7ISBN: 978-0321601834
book College Physics with MasteringPhysics 7th Edition by Jerry Wilson,Anthony Buffa,Bo Lou cover

College Physics with MasteringPhysics 7th Edition by Jerry Wilson,Anthony Buffa,Bo Lou

Edition 7ISBN: 978-0321601834
Exercise 28
A small space probe is put into circular orbit about a newly discovered moon of Saturn. The moon's radius is known to be 550 km. If the probe orbits at a height of 1500 km above the moon's surface and takes 2.00 Earth days to make one orbit, determine the moon's mass.
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