Question: 7 . After Ceres was promoted to a dwarf planet, we now recognize the largest known asteroid to be Vesta, with a mass of 2

7. After Ceres was promoted to a dwarf planet, we now recognize the largest known asteroid to be Vesta, with a mass of 2.671020 kg and a diameter ranging from 578 km to 458 km. To make the calculation easier, we can that Vesta is spherical with radius 520 km.(a) Find the approximate escape velocity from its surface. (b) What would be the orbital period for a space probe in a circular orbit of 10.0 km from its surface?

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