Based on the orbital period of the planet in earth years, and the distance it is rotating, the mass of the star that the planet is orbiting is 3 solar masses.
<h3>What is a solar mass?</h3>
Because the sun is so heavy, it needed to have a special unit that could adequately reflect this mass.
Solar masses was the term that scientists came up with. In terms of the Earth's mass, a single solar mass means that the body is 333,000 times the mass of the Earth.
When given the orbital period of a planet, and the distance it is orbiting around a sun, you can find the solar mass by the formula:
= Distance planet is rotating³ - Orbital period²
Solving gives:
= 1.2³ / 0.76²
= 2.99
= 3 solar masses
In conclusion the mass of the star is 3 solar masses
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