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Default Re: Calculating a planet\'s mass & gravitational pull

1 cubic kilometer = 1,000,000,000 cubic meters (i.e. 1000^3 cubic meters)

Yes, 10^-11 means move the decimal 11 places to the left.

The kg-1 and s-2 refer to exponents in this limited UBB system. Negative means in the denominator, so the units would be: m^3 / [kg x s^2]

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