Question
The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter consists of many fragments (which some space scientists think came from a planet that once orbited the Sun but was destroyed).
(a) If the center of mass of the asteroid belt is about 2 times farther from the Sun than the Earth is, how long would it have taken this hypothetical planet to orbit the Sun? ___yr
(b) Can we use this data to deduce the mass of this planet?
Use Keplers Law for this. You can use the ratio of Earth.
(a) If the center of mass of the asteroid belt is about 2 times farther from the Sun than the Earth is, how long would it have taken this hypothetical planet to orbit the Sun? ___yr
(b) Can we use this data to deduce the mass of this planet?
Use Keplers Law for this. You can use the ratio of Earth.