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On a deep space exploration mission you come across an uncharted planet. The planet has a...

On a deep space exploration mission you come across an uncharted planet. The planet has a small moon orbiting with average distance of 3.35x107 m, with a period of 33.1 hours. What is the mass of this planet?
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