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An object on a distant planet is dropped and accelerates at a rate of 9.8m/s^2. If the mass of the distant planet is twice that of earth, what must the radius of the distant planet be?
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- ?Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
In order to have the SAME "g" as on earth and have twice the mass, the radius squared must be twice that of earth or ie the radius, itself, must be divided by √2 or ie multiplied by 0.707 <= ANS
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