The next questions have to do with the fact that one of the first exoplanets discovered orbits the star 51 Pegasi with a period of just 102 hours. 51 Pegasi is very similar to the Sun, so we can assume it has the same mass. We want to find the distance (in astronomical units) between the planet (unofficially named Bellerophon) and its star which formula to find

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Q: The graph below shows how the brightness of a star changes over time due to the fact that it is…

A: The orbital period of an exoplanet can be determined by taking the time difference(Δt) between two…

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Q: If the semi-major axis, a, is measured in AU and the orbital period, p, is measured in years, then…

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Q: 6) In the effort to discover exoplanets a planet around another star was discovered that has a…

A: Given: The mass of the sun is 2x1030 kg. The period of the planet is 320 days.

Q: The Mars Robotic Lander for which we are making these calculations is designed to return samples of…

A: sidereal period of mars = Pmars = 1.88  earth years

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A: According to Kepler's 3 rd law of planetary motion the square of time period (T) is directly…

Q: The orbital radius of one exoplanet is 5.34 X 10^11 m, with a period of 1270 Earth days. What is the…

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Q: A comet orbits a star with a highly eccentric elliptical orbit. At its nearest point, the comet is…

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Q: The following figure shows six pairs of asteroids, labeled with their relative masses (M) and…

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Q: An asteroid revolves around the Sun with a perihelion 0.5 AU and an aphelion of 7.5 AU. What is its…

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Q: The largest asteroid, Ceres, has a radius 0.073 times the radius of Earth and a mass of 0.0002 Earth…

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Q: You observe two identical stars (Star A and star B), that are at the same distance from Earth. The…

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Q: Uranusrevolves around the sun in 84.0 years with an orbital diameter of 39.6 AU (Astronomical…

A: Given Data : The Time period of the revolution of Uranus around the sun is given as T =84 years. The…

Q: (a) What is the difference between the forces due to Neptune on a 1.0 kg mass located at the near…

A: Mass of Earth ME=5.97×1024 kg The mass of Neptune  MN=17.15 MEMN=17.155.97×1024kg=102.38×1024 kg…

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Q: An extrasolar planet was found around a nearby star 51 Peg. Assuming that the semimajor axis of the…

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Q: I found a planet with an orbital radius of only 0.2 AU. The parent star is only half as massive as…

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Q: Saturn's moon Titan is observed to orbit with a period = 15.945 days and at a %3D distance =…

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Q: new mystery planet is detected around our Sun. We measure its position relative to the Sun to be 2…

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Q: Select the correct text in the passage. An astronomer wrote down the following observations…

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Q: What is the predicted fate of Triton?

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Q: Imagine that astronomers have just discovered a planet orbiting another star (other than the Sun),…

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Q: Calculate the maximum aphelion distance of a planet with an orbital period of 100 years.

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Q: The figure on the right shows a portion of the ring and moon system of Saturn. The inner edge of the…

A: Required :    Semimajor axis of the inner edge of the Cassini division in km.

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Q: Phobos orbits Mars at a distance of 9380 km from the center of the planet and has a velocity of…

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Q: 2GM What is the escape velocity from the surface of Rhea if its mass is 2.3 x 1021 kg and its radius…

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Q: If you visited a spherical asteriod 19 x 103 km (convert to m) in radius with a mass of 10.5 x 1019…

A: Given: a spherical asteroid with a radius of r=19 x 103 km=19×106 m, and a mass of  M=10.5 x 1019…

Q: Rhea orbits Saturn with an average radius of 527,000 km and a period of 4.518 days. Based upon these…

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Q: The gravity on Mars is about 38% that of Earth's gravity. Let's say some cargo has a mass of 15 kg…

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Q: Using the equation for the orbital speed of the reduced mass following an ellipse, write the…

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Q: Saturn’s A, B, and C Rings extend 75,000 to 137,000 km from the center of the planet. Use Kepler’s…

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Q: Calculate the orbital speed in km/s of the planet Threa given that the radius of the Threa's orbit…

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Q: Nearly all planets that astronomers have found orbiting other stars have been giant planets with…

A: Yes it is proves that our solar system is unique. The number of planets we have and their distance…

Q: The orbital velocity for a sattelite orbiting  earth at it's radius is 8 km/s. What would be the…

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