The acceleration due to gravity at the north pole of Neptune is approximately 11.2 m/s2. Neptune has mass 1.02 *10^26 kg and radius 2.46 * 10^4 km and rotates once around its axis in about 16 h. (a) What is the gravitational force on a 3.00 kg object at the north pole of Neptune? (b) What is the apparent weight of this same object at Neptune’s equator?

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