Mars has a small moon, Phobos, that orbits with a period of 7 h 39 min. The

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Mars has a small moon, Phobos, that orbits with a period of 7 h 39 min. The radius of Phobos' orbit is 9.4 x 106 m. Use only this information (and the value of G) to calculate the mass of Mars.

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

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Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field

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