NCERT Exercise 7.4 - Gravitation

Question: Io orbits Jupiter with T=1.769 days and r=4.22 x 10^8 m. Show Jupiter's mass is about one-thousandth the Sun's.

Answer: M_J = **about 1.9 x 10^27 kg**, about **1/1000 M_Sun**.

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