Consider two iron spheres, each of diameter 100 mm, which are just touching. At what distance R (km) from the center of the earth will the force of mutual attraction between the contacting spheres be equal to the force exerted by the earth on one of the spheres?

Consider two iron spheres, each of diameter 100 mm, which are just touching. At what distance R (km) from the center of the earth will the force of mutual attraction between the contacting spheres be equal to the force exerted by the earth on one of the spheres?

Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

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Author:Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion

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Chapter5: Gravitation

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Problem 5.16P

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Consider two iron spheres, each of diameter 100 mm, which are just touching. At what
distance R (km) from the center of the earth will the force of mutual attraction between the
contacting spheres be equal to the force exerted by the earth on one of the spheres?

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