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17. The moon's nearly circular orbit around Earth has a radius of about 384,000 km and a period T of 27.3 days. Determine the acceleration of the moon toward the Earth.

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Problem 2C: The Moon's mass is 7.35 1022 kg, and it moves in a nearly circular orbit with radius 3.84 108 m. The...

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