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jhson114
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There's a planet with a moon that orbits the plant in 30 days and moves at a distance of 370million meters from the center of the planet. i need to find the mass of the planet and I've used the following equation that was derived from the keplers laws: P = 2pi(a^(3/2))/(GM)^(1/2). P is the time it takes to or it and A is the average distnace from the planet. I've tried using P in days and years, and a in meters and AU. But i can't seem to arrive at a correct answer. maybe my equation is wrong? thanks in advance.