Finding the mass of the sun from T^2/R^3

[Sirsh]

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[dacruick]

Hi Sirsh, do you perhaps know the equation that links period, radius, and mass together?

 

[Sirsh]

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[dacruick]

T² / R3 = 4p²/(GM) is the equation that I've got where hopefully p represents pi. so what you've done above to calculate the slope seems right. and the slope will represent 4p²/(GM). So you have to isolate the M in that equation.

 

[Sirsh]

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