According to Newton???s Law of universal gravitation, the attractive force F between two bodies is given by

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According to Newton???s Law of universal gravitation, the attractive force F between two bodies is given by

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where m1, m2 = the masses of the two bodies

r = distance between the two bodies

G = gravitational constant = 6.6742 ?? 10-11 newtons meter2 ki1ogram-2

Suppose an object is traveling directly from Earth to the moon. The mass of Earth is 5.9742 ?? 1024 kilograms, the mass of the moon is 7.349 ?? 1022?kilograms, and the mean distance from Earth to the moon is 384,400 kilometers. For an object between Earth and the moon, how far from Earth is the force on the object due to the moon greater than the force on the object due to Earth?

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Precalculus

ISBN: 978-0321716835

9th edition

Authors: Michael Sullivan

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