The Martian satellite Phobos travels in an approximately circular orbit of radius 9.4 x 106 m with

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The Martian satellite Phobos travels in an approximately circular orbit of radius 9.4 x 106 m with a period of 7 h 39 min calculate the mass of Mars from this information.

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