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Kepler's Third Law / Universal Gravitation Problem Set
1 The planet Jupiter is 7.78« 1011 m from the sun. How long doesit ake for lupter to orbit once about the
sun given thatthe distance from the earth to the sun Is 1.50% 1011 m?
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4. Atthelr clases approach, Venus and Earth are 4.20. 1010 m apart. The mass of Venus e487 «1024 kg, the
mass of karths 597 » 1024 kg, whats the mageitude of the gravitational force exerted by Venus on Earth
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6. Ae8 74g person stands athe seathre ging at th tides which ae caused bythe Moon, how age
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‘of 382 108 m from Earth, Ifthe mass of the earth 5.97 «1024 kg,
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