The moon revolves round the earth 13 times in one year. If the ratio of sun-earth distance to earth-moon distance is 392, then the ratio of masses of sun and earth will be
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The time period 
of earth around sun of mass 
is given by
…… .(1)
Where 
is the radius of the earth.
Similarly, time period 
of moon around earth is given by
…… ..(2)
Dividing equation(1) by equation (2), we get
Substituting the given values, we get
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