Question: Question 7 ( 1 point ) Astronomers discover a new planet around the star Alpha Centauri B . Alpha Centauri B is a star with

Question 7(1 point)
Astronomers discover a new planet around the star Alpha Centauri B. Alpha Centauri B is a star with a mass of 0.907 Solar Masses. The planet orbits one time every 545.1 days. We find that the planet is very Mars-like (mass of 6.391023kg). At a distance of "a", the semi-major axis of the planet's orbit, how much gravitational potential energy does the planet have (in 10^32 J)?
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