A certain quaternary star system consists of three stars, each of mass m, moving in the same circular orbit of radius r about a central star of mass M. The stars orbit in the same sense, and are positioned one-third of a revolution apart from each other. Show that the period of each of the three stars is given by the following expression. (Submit a file with a maximum size of 1 MB.) T = 2π G(M+ Choose File No file chosen 3 m 3

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A certain quaternary star system consists of three stars, each of mass m, moving in the same circular orbit of radius r about a central star of mass M. The stars orbit in the same sense, and are
positioned one-third of a revolution apart from each other. Show that the period of each of the three stars is given by the following expression. (Submit a file with a maximum size of 1 MB.)
T = 2π
G(M+
Choose File No file chosen
3
m
3
Transcribed Image Text:A certain quaternary star system consists of three stars, each of mass m, moving in the same circular orbit of radius r about a central star of mass M. The stars orbit in the same sense, and are positioned one-third of a revolution apart from each other. Show that the period of each of the three stars is given by the following expression. (Submit a file with a maximum size of 1 MB.) T = 2π G(M+ Choose File No file chosen 3 m 3
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