<span>Tectonic plates move because they are floating on top of the liquid mantle. The mantle itself moves due to convection currents: hot rock rises, gives off some heat, then falls. This creates vast swirls of moving liquid rock under the crust of the earth, which jostles the plates of crust on top.
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Answer:
Mass of Jupiter = 4.173×10^15kg
Explanation:
Using Kepler's 3rd law, it states that the orbital period T is related to the distance,r as:
T^2 = GM/4 pi × r^3
Where G = universal gravitational constant
r = radius
M = masd of jupiter
Rearranging the formular to make M the subject of formular
T^2 × 4 pi = G M × r^3
(T^2 × 4 pi) / (G× r^3) = M
(1.24^2 × 4 × 3.142) /(6.672×10^-11)(4.11×10^8)^3
M = 19.32 /6.672×10^-11)(4.11×10^8)^3
M = 19.32 / 4.63 ×10^15
M = 4.173×10^15kg
