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bigtymer8700
Oct13-07, 06:06 PM
iI was asked to find the mass of a star given the orbital distance and the period. my mass came out to be 2.31^30 kg. Its then asking me to express it in terms of our sun's mass. Really dont understand what it means by that

hage567
Oct13-07, 07:11 PM
You take the ratio. You just divide your star's mass by that of the sun.