The mass of a planet that has a moon whose time period and orbital radius are $T$ and $R$ respectively can be written as

  • A
    $4{\pi ^2}{R^3}{G^{ - 1}}{T^{ - 2}}$
  • B
    $8{\pi ^2}{R^3}{G^{ - 1}}{T^{ - 2}}$
  • C
    $12{\pi ^2}{R^3}{G^{ - 1}}{T^{ - 2}}$
  • D
    $16{\pi ^2}{R^3}{G^{ - 1}}{T^{ - 2}}$

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