An asteroid is discovered to have a tiny moon that orbits it in a circular path...

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An asteroid is discovered to have a tiny moon that orbits it ina circular path at a distance of 151 km and with a period of 43.0h. The asteroid is roughly spherical (unusual for such a smallbody) with a radius of 15.9 km.
a) Find the acceleration of gravity at the surface of theasteroid.

b) Find the escape velocity from the asteroid.

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