Imagine the Universe!

You're so Close!!

But you must have miscalculated. You're definitely in the ballpark, though. Go back and check your values for the inclination angle of the system and the velocity and period of the system, then make absolutely sure you have done your arithmetic correctly. These details matter when you're doing science!!

So far you've learned a number of concepts and skills in addition to the problem you're trying to answer, including:

Tools Click here for more help in solving this problem.
Return Click here to return to enter a corrected answer.
Imagine the Universe is a service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Dr. Nicholas White (Director), within the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

The Imagine Team
Project Leader: Dr. Jim Lochner
All material on this site has been created and updated between 1997-2004.

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