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If a planet existed whose mass was twice that of earth and whose radius is 3 times that of earth.how much will a body of 1kg mass weight on this planet?
Naveen9345
The mass is twice as much, so multiply by 2. The radius is 3 times as much--the gravitational force is inversely proportional to the square of the radius, so multiply by 1/9.
2 X 1kg/9 = 0.2 kg.
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