The mass of Neptune can be calculated from measurements of

A) Neptune's orbital period and its distance from the Sun.
B) the Sun's mass and how Neptune's speed changes during its elliptical orbit around the Sun.
C) the masses of Neptune's moons, Triton and Nereid.
D) the gravitational influence of Jupiter and Saturn on Neptune's orbit around the Sun.
E) the orbital period and distance of the moon Triton from Neptune.


E) the orbital period and distance of the moon Triton from Neptune.

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