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A landing craft with mass 12,500 kg is in a circular orbit 6.75×105 m above the surface of a planet. The period of the orbit is 5200 s. The astronauts in the lander measure the diameter of the planet to be 9.60×10^6m. The lander sets down at the north pole of the planet.

What is the weight w of an 85.6 kg astronaut as he steps out onto the planet's surface?

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