The NA , a mighty spaceship of the Orca class, is orbitinga distant planet of mass MP = 5.0 · 1024 kg along a circular orbitof radius r = 1.2 · 107 m. The mass of the MA is NA = 3.0· 108 kg. The radius of the planet is R = 6.0 · 106 m.
a) Find the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of theplanet.
b) Find the time the NA takes for one full orbit around theplanet.
c) How, if at all, would your answer to part b) change if theNA were twice as heavy? Briefly explain how you determinedthis.
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The NA , a mighty spaceship of the Orca class, is orbiting a distant planet of mass MP = 5.0 · 1024 kg along a circular
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