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A new moon is discovered orbiting Neptune with an orbital speed of 9.3 x103 m/s. Neptune's mass is 1.0 x1026 kg. A) What is the radius of the new moon's orbit? B) What is the orbital period? Assume that the orbit is circular. (G = 6.673 x10-11 N-m²/kg?​

A new moon is discovered orbiting Neptune with an orbital speed of 9.3 x103 m/s. Neptune-example-1

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The radius of the new moons orbit is R= 7.715 x 10^7 m
The orbital period of the moon is T= 14.48 hr
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