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Can you find gravitational constant of a planet knowing only the mass and radius?
Can you find gravitational constant of a planet knowing only the mass and radius?
radius = 4.1*10^6 and mass = 3.1*10^24
4 Answers
- az_lenderLv 71 year agoFavorite Answer
g = [(6.67 x 10^(-11))(3.1 x 10^24)/(4.1 x 10^6)^2 ] m/s^2
= use calculator.
I am just ASSUMING that your mass was in kg and your radius in meters.
- ?Lv 71 year ago
I keep pointing out the blindingly obvious. HOW do you find the mass of a planet? You cannot put it on a scale. What you do is observe satellites about the planet and determine the gravitational acceleration. THEN you work using radius and gravitational acceleration to calculate mass.
- Anonymous1 year ago
Sure : g = Mp*G/rp^2 ...G beingh worth 6.67*10^-11
