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Transcribed Image Text:A planet with mass 10 x 1024 kg orbits a sun with a period of 1 Earth's years. The speed of the planet around that sun is constant and |vl=33000 m/s.
What is the mass of that sun?
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mass of planet(mp)=1025 kg
time period(T)=1 earth’s year =31536000 seconds
velocity of planet(v)=33000 m/s
mass of sun=M=?
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