Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781259638091
Author: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell, Brian Self
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12.2, Problem 12.78P
Determine the mass of the earth knowing that the mean radius of the moon’s orbit about the earth is 238,910 mi and that the moon requires 27.32 days to complete one full revolution about the earth.
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