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planet X is observed (mass-M kg) to execute a circular orbit around celestial object YY. If...

planet X is observed (mass-M kg) to execute a circular orbit around celestial object YY. If the length of one planet-X year is 180 Earth-days, and it takes 20 light-seconds for light (velocity of light=3x108 m/s) to travel from YY to planet X, what is the mass of celestial object YY? How do your numbers change if a) the mass of X is doubled, compared to what you just calculated? b) at the original radius, the length of one planet-X year is doubled?

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