Question: Now we have all the data we need to compute the Mass of Jupiter from the general formulation of the third Kepler s law, using

Now we have all the data we need to compute the Mass of Jupiter from the general formulation of the third Keplers law, using information from Europa's orbit:
Pmoon2=42GMJupamoon3MJup=42amoon3GPmoon2
Substitute the numbers we found using Europa to calculate the mass.
a = semi-major axis in meters
P = period of orbit in seconds.
(G=6.67x10-11m3kg-1s-2):
What is the mass of Jupiter (in kg) using data from Europa's orbit?
Answer format: xe+y where x has 3 significant digits, e is the exponent or signifies 'to the power of', and y is the exponent.

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