Two equal-mass stars maintain a constant distance apart of 8.0 x 1010 m and rotate about a

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Two equal-mass stars maintain a constant distance apart of 8.0 x 1010 m and rotate about a point midway between them at a rate of one revolution every 12.6 yr.
(a) Why don’t the two stars crash into one another due to the gravitational force between them?
(b) What must be the mass of each star?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-1118486894

10th edition

Authors: David Young, Shane Stadler

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