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A small space probe is put into circular orbit about a newlydiscovered moon of Saturn. The moon’s radius is known to be 550 km.If the probe orbits at a height of 1500 km above the moon’s surfaceand takes 2.0 earth days to make one orbit, determine the moon’smass. Consider the total radial distance required to solve thisproblem. Be sure to perform all the necessary dimensionalconversions to mks units.

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