In March 1999 the Mars Global Surveyor (GS) entered its final orbit about Mars, sending data back to Earth. Assume a circular orbit with a period of 7.08 × 103 s and orbital speed of 3.40 × 103 m/s . The mass of the GS is 930 kg and the radius of Mars is 3.43 × 106 m. Calculate the mass of Mars.

Explanation:

Given

Time period

Orbital speed

mass of GS

Radius of Mars

Consider the mass of mars is M

Here, Gravitational pull will provide the centripetal force

volts times amps 6 x 0.5 3w

gpe = mass x gravity constant x height or… gpe = mgh

where… mass: measured in kilograms (kg)

gravity: gravity constant on earth = 10.00 m/s2

height: measured in meters (m)

gpe: measured in joules (j) or kilojoules (kj)

how do you solve gpe?

gravitational potential energy (gpe) is the energy an object has because of its position above the. ground.

gpe = mass x gravity constant x height or… gpe = mgh.

mass:

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given values:

mass = 0.3 kg.