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It is given that the time period is 
and the distance from Earth to moon is 
.
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
The Moon (Moon of mass 
) is orbiting the Earth (Earth of mass 
) with velocity 
which caused by the gravitational force of Earth on Moon i.e being balanced by the centripetal force as followed:
) is orbiting the Earth (Earth of mass ) with velocity which caused by the gravitational force of Earth on Moon i.e being balanced by the centripetal force as followed:
Here, 
is the distance between the Moon and Earth.
is the distance between the Moon and Earth.On solving above equation for , we get
, we get
.... (1)We also know that
.... (2)Since the eq. (1) and eq. (2) is equal so, on solving it for , we get
, we get
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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922
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Section
- Problem 1a
- Problem 1b
- Problem 2
- Problem 3
- Problem 4
- Problem 5
- Problem 6
- Problem 7
- Problem 8
- Problem 9
- Problem 10
- Problem 10a
- Problem 10b
- Problem 11
- Problem 12
- Problem 12b
- Problem 12c
- Problem 13
- Problem 14
- Problem 15
- Problem 16
- Problem 17
- Problem 18
- Problem 19
- Problem 19a
- Problem 19b
- Problem 19c
- Problem 20
- Problem 21
- Problem 21
- Problem 22
- Problem 23
- Problem 24
- Problem 25
- Problem 26a
- Problem 26b
- Problem 26c
- Problem 27
- Problem 27a
- Problem 27b
- Problem 28
- Problem 29
- Problem 29a
- Problem 29b
- Problem 30
- Problem 31
- Problem 32
- Problem 33
- Problem 34
- Problem 35
- Problem 36
- Problem 37
- Problem 38
- Problem 39
- Problem 39a
- Problem 39b
- Problem 40
- Problem 41
- Problem 42
- Problem 43
- Problem 44
- Problem 45
- Problem 46
- Problem 47
- Problem 48
- Problem 49
- Problem 50
- Problem 51
- Problem 51a
- Problem 51b
- Problem 51c
- Problem 51d
- Problem 51e
- Problem 52
- Problem 53
- Problem 53a
- Problem 53b
- Problem 54
- Problem 54a
- Problem 55
- Problem 56
- Problem 57
- Problem 58
- Problem 59
- Problem 60
- Problem 61
- Problem 62a
- Problem 62b
- Problem 63
- Problem 64
- Problem 65
- Problem 66a
- Problem 66b
- Problem 66c