8.4 IO, one of the satellites of Jupiter, has an orbital period of 1.769 days and the radius of the orbit is 4.22 * 108 m. Show that the mass of Jupiter is about one-thousandth that of the sun.
8.4 IO, one of the satellites of Jupiter, has an orbital period of 1.769 days and the radius of the orbit is 4.22 * 108 m. Show that the mass of Jupiter is about one-thousandth that of the sun.
The rotation period of the satellite Io, = 1.769 days = 1.769 x 24 x 60 x 60s
Radius of the Orbit is given by the relation, = 4.22 m
Mass is given by the relation: = ……(i)
Where = mass of Jupiter and G = Universal gravitational constant
Orbital period of the Earth, = 365.25 days = 365.25 x 24 x 6
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