100970
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Earth-Moon-Sun System

Question 100970 • 2003390-Physics 1 Honors Sem. 1 - Peters

Use Kepler’s third law and the orbital motion of Earth to determine the mass of the Sun. The average distance between Earth and the Sun is 1.496 × 1011 m. Earth’s orbital period around the Sun is 365.26 days.

Answer
A
6.34 × 1029 kg
B
1.99 × 1030 kg
C
6.28 × 1037 kg
D
1.49 × 1040 kg
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