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Assume the earth's mass is 55.818 x 1025 kg, and radius is 10.63 x 103 miles, what would be the gravitational acceleration on such an planet in unit of m/s2? Use G=6.67x 10 -11 Nm2/kg2.

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Assume the earth's mass is 55.818 x 10²⁵ kg, and radius is 10.63 x 10³ miles, what would be the gravitational acceleration on such an planet in unit of m/s²? Use G=6.67x 10 ^-11Nm²/kg².

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