You are the science officer on a visit to a distant solar system.Prior to landing on a planet you measure its diameter to be 1.8 × 107 m.You have previously determined that the planet orbits 2.9 × 1011 m from its star with a period of 402 earth days.Once on the surface you find that the free-fall acceleration is 19.5 m/s2.What are the masses of (a) the planet and (b) the star? (G = 6.67 × 10-11 N ∙ m2/kg2)
A) (a) 2.4 kg × kg, (b) 1.2 kg × kg
B) (a) 4.3 kg × kg, (b) 1.2 kg × kg
C) (a) 2.4 kg × kg, (b) 7.1 kg × kg
D) (a) 4.3 kg × kg, (b) 7.1 kg × kg
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