At a certain instant, the earth, the moon, and a stationary 1250-kg spacecraft lie at the vertices

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At a certain instant, the earth, the moon, and a stationary 1250-kg spacecraft lie at the vertices of an equilateral triangle whose sides are 3.84 X 10' km in length.
(a) Find the magnitude and direction of the net gravitational force exerted on the spacecraft by the earth and moon. State the direction as an angle measured from a line connecting the earth and the spacecrali. In a sketch, show the earth, the moon the spacecraft and the force vector.
(b) What is the minimum amount of work that you would have to do to move the spacecraft to a point far from the earth and moon? You can ignore any gravitational effects due to the other planets or the sun.
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Heat Transfer

ISBN: 978-0073529363

10th edition

Authors: Jack Holman

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