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An Astronaut Lands on a Previously Unknown Planet of Radius

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An astronaut lands on a previously unknown planet of radius 2350. km and she measures the acceleration of gravity to be 3.20 m/s2.
(a) What is the mass of this new planet?
(b) What does the astronaut weigh on this new planet if she weighs 384. N on Earth?

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(a) 0.26 ×...

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