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Given information
It is given that:
Mass of the astronaut is
He is moving at a constant velocity
The distance from the center of moon is
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
The acceleration of astronaut is 0 since it is moving with a constant speed. As a result net force on the astronaut is 0
Newtons law for the motion of Astronaut is as follows:
which implies:
Normal force:
is acceleration due to gravity in moon and is expressed as:
, where is the mass of the moon and is the distance of Astronaut from the surface of moon is the universal Gravitational constant
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