Homework Help: PHYSICS

Posted by Jake on Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 11:20pm.

Determine the value for the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the planet Mars, given the following data: Mass of Mars = 6 .42 x 10^23 kg Radius of Mars = 3.37 x 10^6 m

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PHYSICS - drwls, Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 1:56am
g(mars) = G M/R^2

G is the universal gravity constant
= 6.67*10^-11 N m^2/kg^2

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