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The mass of Pluto was not known until it was discovered to have a moon. Explain how this discovery enabled an estimate of Pluto's mass.

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The mass of Pluto was not known until it was discovered to have a moon. Explain how this discovery enabled an estimate of Pluto's mass.

anonymous · Answer

I don't know this one, but you can check this: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090305183635AAiS7WE

anonymous · Answer

thanks :)

anonymous · Answer

np:)

anonymous · Answer

No idea,but ihave possible idea.
Does a body need a certain mass to have a gravitation pull to it?

anonymous · Answer

With color of Pluto we can know what the pluto made and with have this Ingredients in Earth to and have the Density of them and Volume of Pluto .

anonymous · Answer

Personally I think more of what they are going for here is Kepler's Law. If we know the period of the moon and its velocity or distance from the center of pluto then we can figure out the mass of what it's orbiting.

anonymous · Answer

Via kepler's third law T^2=4pi^2R^3/GMpluto

anonymous · Answer

oh hey look that link says it all!