ASTR 1101 Lecture : Test 2 Lecture Questions
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B) fall to the moon, slower than on earth. C) fall to the moon, faster than on earth. D) fall at the same speed as the hammer. E) float right where it was when you let go: assume the masses on the ends are fixed. B) it will be pulled to the left. C) it will be pulled to the right. D) they are all the same: assume the asteroids on the right are fixed. D) they would all be the same: the earth is about 80 times more massive than the moon. A) exactly halfway in between the earth and moon. B) closer to the moon than the earth. C) closer to the earth than the moon: a spacecraft exactly halfway in distance between the earth and the moon suddenly loses power. The spacecraft would just float at that point forever. B) earth"s gravity would slowly pull the spacecraft in. C)the moon"s gravity would pull the spacecraft in.
