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Mass of Planets, Gravitational Acceleration and Period of a Pendulum

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Find the mass and the radii of the planets Mercury, Neptune and Pluto, masses in kilograms and radii in meters. With that data calculate the gravitational acceleration on each of the planets in kilograms and meters and show the gravitational acceleration in meters per square second. With the gravitational acceleration from above find the period of a 2 meter long simple pendulum on each of the nine planets.

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