Io is one of the moons of Jupiter. It has a semimajor axis of 0.042 * 1010 m and an orbital period of 1.769 days. Use these data to estimate the mass of Jupiter.
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Io is one of the moons of Jupiter. It has a semimajor
axis of 0.042 * 1010 m and an orbital period of 1.769 days.
Use these data to estimate the mass of Jupiter.
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