lo, one of the satellites of Jupiter, has an orbital period of 1.769 days and the radius of the orbit is 4.22 × 10^8 m.

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asked Mar 3, 2018 in Physics by shabnam praween (19,050 points) 5 6 8

lo, one of the satellites of Jupiter, has an orbital period of 1.769 days and the radius of the orbit is 4.22 × 108 m. Show that the mass of Jupiter is about one-thousandth that of the sun.

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answered Mar 3, 2018 by mdsamim (213,225 points) 5 10 15
selected Mar 3, 2018 by shabnam praween
 
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Satellite lo is revolving around the Jupiter
Mass of the latter is given by the relation:

Orbital radius of the Earth,

Hence, it can be inferred that the mass of Jupiter is about one-thousandth that of the Sun.

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