Mass of the earth has been determined through
A
Use of Kepler’s 
constancy law
constancy law
B
Sampling the density of earth’s crust and using earth’s radius
C
Cavendish’s determination of G and using earth’s radius and at its surface
D
Use of periods of satellites at different heights above earth’s surface
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C
Cavendish determined the value of G.
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