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The acceleration due to gravity at the north pole of Jupiteris 25 ms-2. Jupiter has a mass 1.9 x 1027 kg and radius7.1 x 107 m. (a) What is the gravitational force on a 5 kg object placed atthe north pole of Jupiter? (b) If the apparent weight of this mass placed at the equator(ie the push of the ground on this mass) is 113 N, calculate thelength of Jupiter's day. Assume Jupiter is spherical. (c) Calculate a value for G.

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