A planet makes a circular orbit with period T around a star. If the planet were to

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A planet makes a circular orbit with period T around a star. If the planet were to orbit at the same distance around this star, but the planet had three times as much mass, what would the new period (in terms of T) be:

(a) 3T,

(b) T√3,

(c) T,

(d) T/√13, or

(e) T/3?

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University Physics with Modern Physics

ISBN: 978-0133977981

14th edition

Authors: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman

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