Two stars in a binary system orbit around their center of mass. The centers of the two

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Two stars in a binary system orbit around their center of mass. The centers of the two stars are 7.17 × 1011 m apart. The larger of the two stars has a mass of 3.70 × 1030 kg, and its center is 2.08 × 1011 m from the system's center of mass. What is the mass of the smaller star?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-1118486894

10th edition

Authors: David Young, Shane Stadler

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