Determine the orbital period of Phobos

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Homework Statement


14.101 The orbit of Phobos, a Martian moon, has an eccentricity of 0.018 and a
major semiaxis of length 9380 km. Determine the orbital period of Phobos

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Can you check my solution?
 

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THe value that you've used for the mass of Mars looks a little high to me. Maybe some digits out of order?