PROBLEM LY15. A spacecraft travels along the straight line connecting the earth and the sun. Atwhat distance from earth will the gravitational forces of the earth and the sunbe equal?Mass of earth = 5.9742 x 1024 kgRadius of earth = 6378 km%3!Mass of sun =1.9891 x 1030 kgDistance between earth and sun = 149.6 x 10% km0.249 x 106 km0.259 x 106 kmC. 0.269 x 10s kmd. 0.279 x 10 kma.b.

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A spacecraft travels along the straight line connecting the earth and the sun. At what distance from earth will the gravitational forces of the earth and the sun be equal?

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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