Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Planet with an 8.5 hour year!

Check out this exo planet (meaning planet outside of our solar system):
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/19/kepler_78b_fast_orbit/

What information would we have to have in order to tell how fast the planet is moving?
What info would we need to know what the magnitude of the force of gravity acting on the planet from the nearest star?
What would we need to know to figure the acceleration due to gravity on the planet itself?

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