Question #302531

calculate earth's mass given the acceleration due to gravity at the North pole is 9.830 m/s² and the radius of the earth is 6371km from pole to pole.

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2022-02-28T10:41:16-0500
g=GMR2g=G\frac{M}{R^2}

M=gR2/G=9.8(6371103)2/(6.671011)=5.961024kgM=gR^2/G\\ =9.8*(6371*10^3)^2/(6.67*10^{-11})\\ =5.96*10^{24}\:\rm kg


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