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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Gravitation
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The planet Mars has two moons, if one of them has a period \(7\, hours,\, 30\, minutes\) and an orbital radius of \(9.0 \times 10^{3}\, {km} .\) Find the mass of Mars. \(\left\{\operatorname{Given} \frac{4 \pi^{2}}{G}=6 \times 10^{11} {N}^{-1} {m}^{-2} {kg}^{2}\right\}\)

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(D) \(6.00 \times 10^{23} \,{kg}\)

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Using kepler's law

\(T^{2}=\frac{4 \pi^{2}}{G M} \cdot r^{3}\)

\(M=\frac{4 \pi^{2}}{G} \cdot \frac{r^{3}}{T^{2}}\)

by putting values

\({M}=6 \times 10^{23}\)

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