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Old 06-05-2009, 11:52 PM
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In fact Topsquark has explained it very well. Look at the formula below. You will find that the mass of Uranus cancels out from both sides and hence you dont need it. In all such problems the mass of the planet satelite etc. will cancel out and the period is independent of it.



From this find w , then use w = 2 pi/T.

For the other question also use v = r w
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