The planet Mars has two moons, if one of them has a period 7 hours,

Question:

The planet Mars has two moons, if one of them has a period 7 hours, 30 minutes and an orbital radius of $9.0 \times 10^{3} \mathrm{~km}$. Find the mass of Mars.

$\left\{\operatorname{Given} \frac{4 \pi^{2}}{\mathrm{G}}=6 \times 10^{11} \mathrm{~N}^{-1} \mathrm{~m}^{-2} \mathrm{~kg}^{2}\right\}$

  1. $5.96 \times 10^{19} \mathrm{~kg}$

  2. $3.25 \times 10^{21} \mathrm{~kg}$

  3. $7.02 \times 10^{25} \mathrm{~kg}$

  4. $6.00 \times 10^{23} \mathrm{~kg}$


Correct Option: , 4

Solution:

Option D is correct

$\mathrm{T}^{2}=\frac{4 \pi^{2}}{\mathrm{GM}} \cdot \mathrm{r}^{3}$

$\mathrm{M}=\frac{4 \pi^{2}}{\mathrm{G}} \cdot \frac{\mathrm{r}^{3}}{\mathrm{~T}^{2}}$

by putting values

$M=6 \times 10^{23}$ 

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