6. Use Kepler's laws to calculate the mass of the Sun based on data for average Earth's orbit and compare the value obtained with the Sun's commonly listed value of 1.989 × 1030 kg.

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Q: The moon has a mass of 7.34 X 10 22 kg and a radius of 1.74 X 10° meters. If you have a mass of 66…

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