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Jupiter has numerous moons. Four moons er. discovered by Gel eo in 1610 One of these moons, Ganv mede s bigger than Mercury Ganymede has s massof 14 Br?22kg·perod of 716 es th days, and a mean distance from Jupiter of 1.07x106 km. Your TA's havg recently discovered a new moon to Jupiter, and appropristely named it the Lost Ball Orbiter (LBO). This moon has a mean distance (a) from Jupiter of 12.6 x106 km, a radius of 2300 km, and a density of 1830 ko/LBO follows an elliptical path with e-0.05 XAMPLE Answer rt Description History Use Kepler's Third Law, From the Celestial Motion Lab. Determine the period of LBO include units with answer) Use the Elliptical Orbits diagram from the Celestial Motion Lab. What s the closest LBO comes to Jupiter tries:Desh (iin mlionis af kismaters? (o km) ots: 10 Use the escape velocity equation above. What is the escape velocity for a spaceship leaving the surface $pt. 110% of LBO? (include units with answer) eta1.

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