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Can you find the mass of sun without weighing?

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To find the mass of the Sun without weighing it, we can use Kepler's Third Law of planetary motion, which relates the orbital radius of a planet to its orbital period. Here is a step-by-step solution: ### Step 1: Understand Kepler's Third Law Kepler's Third Law states that the square of the orbital period (T) of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis (r) of its orbit around the Sun. The formula can be expressed as: \[ M = \frac{4 \pi^2 r^3}{G T^2} \] where: - \( M \) is the mass of the Sun, - \( r \) is the orbital radius of the Earth, ...
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  2. Derive an expression for the period of a geostationary satellite.

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