Finding the speed to orbit Deimos

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Homework Statement


They stated in the problem that the radius is 6.3. Why did they multiply it by 10^3 during the calculation?
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It's in part 1 and 3.

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What are the units that go with the 6.3 stated in the problem? What are the units of length contained in the units for G?
 

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