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Please explain this equation? (easy 10 points)?

Please explain this equation. Newton derived this equation from Keplers third law.

p^2=4 pi^2/G(M1+M2)r^3

Please be specific in explaining what each letter represents and how the equation is calculated.

What is this equation use to find?

please explain, thank you

Update:

Please tell what this equation is used to find, as in what answer is found by this equation, (ex: mass, distance..)

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  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    p=9/4 and fortunate, (an answerer who published above me) the respond ought to no longer be 9/8 b/c that would effect in a million a million/8 whilst simplified, and you're able to of course see merely via observing the priority that p would be comparable to a minimum of something greater advantageous than a million (and greater advantageous than merely via a million/8 :) ) woah! merely approximately forgot to describe, 9 = 4p replace the equation via changing 9 with 4p, so the equation will become: 6p - 2p = 4p all u could desire to do is divide the two facets via 4 to get 1p or p subsequently, p = 9/4 or 2 a million/8 wish i helped :)

  • 1 decade ago

    p = the period (the amount of time for one orbit)

    pi = 3.141...

    G = 6.67x10^-11 (the universal gravitational constant)

    M1 and M2 and the masses of the different bodies which are interacting

    r = the radius of the orbit

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