College Physics
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Author: Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille
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Chapter 7, Problem 10WUE
(a) Find the magnitude of the gravity force between a planet with mass 5.98 × 1024 kg and its moon, with mass 7.36 × 1022 kg, if the average distance between them is 3.84 × 108 m. (b) What is the acceleration of the moon toward the planet? (c) What is the acceleration of the planet toward the moon? (See Section 7.5.)
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