Mithra Is an Unknown Planet That Has Two Airless Moons,A

$$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | c | } \hline & \text { Mass } & \text { Radius } & \text { Orbital radius } & \text { Orbital period } \\\hline \text { Moon A } & 4.0 \times 10 ^ { 20 } \mathrm {~kg} & \text { unknown } & 2.0 \times 10 ^ { 8 } \mathrm {~m} & 4.0 \times 10 ^ { 6 } \mathrm {~s} \\\hline \text { Moon B } & 1.5 \times 10 ^ { 2 } 0 \mathrm {~kg} & 2.0 \times 10 ^ { 5 } \mathrm {~m} & 3.0 \times 10 ^ { 8 } \mathrm {~m} & \text { unknown } \\\hline\end{array}$$ Mithra is an unknown planet that has two airless moons,A and B,in circular orbits around it.The table summarizes the hypothetical data about these moons.If you dropped a laser at the surface of Moon B,at what rate would it accelerate toward the ground? (G = 6.67 × 10^-11 N ∙ m²/kg²)

A) 0.10 m/s²
B) 0.15 m/s²
C) 0.20 m/s²
D) 0.25 m/s²
E) 0.30 m/s²

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