Question: To avoid what would undoubtedly be yet another painful confrontation with the Tom Osborne, the USS Nittany Lion cowers in an alternate universe where the

To avoid what would undoubtedly be yet another painful confrontation with the Tom Osborne, the USS
Nittany Lion cowers in an alternate universe where the force of gravity is radial and attractive (as in our universe), but the
magnitude of the force is
F = G0M1M2e r
r0
where G0 has the value of 3.021037 dynes g2 and r0=0.0871 AU.
The starship is in a solar system that contains a planet of similar mass and size to Earth orbiting a 1.0 M,1.0 R star
at a distance of 1.4961013 cm. What is the escape velocity from the surface of the planet (escape from the planet, not the
solar system)? What is the planets orbital period (for this part you can assume an infinitely massive star)? Could this planet
have a satellite in an orbit similar to that of the Earths moon?

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