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sabina

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If two identical planets, each with surface gravity g and volume V, coalesce into one planet with volume 2V, the surface gravity of the new planet is 2g.
  1.True
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At three Earth radii from the center of Earth, the acceleration of gravity is 1/9 its surface value.
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