Finding planet mass from satellite orbital period and radius

[bbhh]

Ah, please, someone help me. I've been working on this problem for half an hour, it's the last question on my review before my test, which i want to write right now (correspondence).

Homework Statement

If a satellite requires 2.5 h to orbit a planet with an orbital radius of 2.6 x 10^5 m, what is the mass of the planet?

Homework Equations

ac = v^2/r = 4 pi^2 r / T^2

v = sqrt(GM / r)

(... at least that's what i think?)

The Attempt at a Solution

1. I attempted to find the velocity from the radius (2.6*10^5) and the time (2.5hr*60*60=9000s)

v^2/r = 4 pi^2 r / T^2
v^2 = 4 pi^2 r^2 / T^2

v^2 = 4 * 3.14^2 * 2.6*10^5 / 9000^2
v=.356m/s

2. I used v= sqrt(GM/r) to find the mass.

.356= sqrt(6.67*10^-11m/2.6*10^5)
.127=6.67*10^-11m/2.6*10^5
330200=6.67*10^-11m
m= 5*10^15kg

the answer key says it's 1.3*10^20kg

 

[faradayslaw]

The answer key is correct, I am unsure about what mistake was made in the attempted solution...maybe a calculator entering issue...
v^2/r==GmP/r^2
4pi^2/T^2==GmP/r^3
4pi^2r^3/T^2*G==Mp
Mp==1.284x10^20 kg.

 

[bbhh]

i appreciate your help but i think i need a bit more in depth of an explanation.

"v is actually the square root of GMp/r"... isn't that what i did?... see... a little lost.

 

[faradayslaw]

i appreciate your help but i think i need a bit more in depth of an explanation.

"v is actually the square root of GMp/r"... isn't that what i did?... see... a little lost.

Yes, when I reread your post, that is what you did...I don't know why you didn't get the right answer...However, if you follow the steps I showed in my previous post, you will get the correct answer.

 

[bbhh]

hmm thanks. i wonder if i just screwed up my maths somewhere along the way. i checked it so many times though... weird