Find the point between the earth and the moon where the moon's gravitational force balances out the earth's gravitational force.
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1.What is the gravitational force of the sun on the earth?
An astronaut stands at a position on the Moon such that Earth is directly over head and releases a Moon rock that was in her hand. (a) Which way will it fall? (b) What is the gravitational force exerted by the Moon on a 1.0-kg rock resting on the Moon's surface? (c) What is the gravitational force exerted by the Earth on the same rock resting on the surface of the Moon? (d) What is the net gravitational force on the rock?
1.The asteroidbelt circles the sun between the orbits of MarsandJupiter. One asteroid has a period of 5.0 earth years.