What is the acceleration of Pluto as it moves in its circular orbit around the S

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What is the acceleration of Pluto as it moves in its circular orbit around the Sun? Hint: You will find some useful date in the table below.
m/s2

     NAME MEAN
ORBITAL
RADIUS
(1011 m) ORBITAL
PERIOD
(years) RADIUS
(106 m) MASS
(1024 kg) ORBITAL
ECCENTRICITY      Mercury      0.579      0.240      2.44      0.330      0.21 Venus 1.08 0.615 6.05 4.87 0.007 Earth 1.50 1.00 6.37 5.98 0.017 Mars 2.28 1.88 3.39 0.644 0.093 Jupiter 7.78 11.9 71.5 1900 0.048 Saturn 14.3 29.4 60.3 568 0.054 Uranus 28.7 83.8 25.6 86.6 0.047 Neptune 45.0 164 24.8 102 0.009 Pluto 59.1 248 1.14 0.125 0.25 Eris 100 560 2.4 — 0.44 Earth's Moon 3.85 108 m 27.3 days 1.74 0.0735 0.055 Sun — — 6.96 108 1.99 1030 —     

Explanation / Answer

here,
orbital Radius of Pluto = D = 59.1 * 10^11 m
Mass of PLuto = 0.125* 10^24 kg

Acceleration of planet in circular orbit :

A = G*m/D^2

A = (6.7 * 10^-11 * 0.125* 10^24) / (59.1 * 10^11)^2

A = 2.39 * 10^-13 m/s^2

The acceleration of pluto will be 2.39 * 10^-13 m/s^2

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