It takes 27 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth in a nearly circular orbit of

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It takes 27 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth in a nearly circular orbit of radius 3.80 x 105 km.
(a) Show in symbol notation that the mass of the Earth can be found using these data.
(b) Compute the Earth’s mass and com-pare with the value given inside the back cover of the book.
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College Physics

ISBN: 978-0321601834

7th edition

Authors: Jerry D. Wilson, Anthony J. Buffa, Bo Lou

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