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How can I determine a planet's mass based only off of information about its orbit and its parent star?
I'm coding a video game with procedurally generated planetary systems and I want some and I want to make sure I'm at least somewhat scientifically correct. I've reached the part in my code where I ...
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Is it possible to find the mass of a planet and its moon from only their diameter and the distance between them?
For example, a planet has a diameter of 200,000 km and its moon has a diameter of 20,000 km, the distance between them is 100,000 km. Would it be possible to find their masses?
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