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A Satellite That Is in a Circular Orbit 230 Km

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A satellite that is in a circular orbit 230 km above the surface of the planet Zeeman-474 has an orbital period of 89 min.The radius of Zeeman-474 is 6.38 × 106 m.What is the mass of this planet? (G = 6.67 × 10-11 N ∙ m2/kg2)


A) 5.0 × 1024 kg
B) 5.5 × 1024 kg
C) 6.0 × 1024 kg
D) 6.5 × 1024 kg

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