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Suppose you observe a star orbiting the galactic center at a speed of 1400 in a circular orbit with a radius of 15.0 light-days. What would your estimate be for the mass of the object that the star is orbiting in M_sun?

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
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