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The radius of a hypothetical planet is times that of Earth, but its mass is the same.

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Step 1.

As we all know, a uniform circular motion occurs when an item moves in a circle with a radius of and a constant speed of . It possesses a radial acceleration that is oriented radially toward the circle's center, which is given by

                                                                                 
 
The direction of the velocity vector and the acceleration vector is constantly changing, but they are always perpendicular to each other. When the speed of circular motion is not constant, there are two components to the acceleration: tangential and centripetal. Newton's law of universal gravitation states that every particle in the cosmos attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of their separation:
 
                                                                                 
The force is always attracting, and it is directed along the line connecting the two particles. The Moon revolves around the Earth, and the planets revolve around the Sun, thanks to this gravitational attraction.

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