Use the definition of center of mass to answer the following questions:(a) The distance between the Earth and the Moon (center to center) isapproximately 239,000 miles. How far is the center of mass of the Earth/Moonsystem from the center of the Earth? The mass of the Earth is 5.97 x 1024 kgand the mass of the Moon is 7.35 x 1022 kg.(b) The average distance between the Earth and the Sun (center to center) isapproximately 93 million miles. How far is the center of mass of the Earth/Sunsystem from the center of the Sun? The mass of the Earth is 5.97 x 1024 kgand the mass of the Sun is 1.99 x 1030 kg.

Part-(a) Given data: The distance between the Earth and the Moon is d=239000 miles. The mass of the…

(a) The distance between the Earth and the Moon (center to center) is approximately 239,000 miles. How far is the center of mass of the Earth/Moon system from the center of the Earth? The mass of the Earth is 5.97 × 1024 kg and the mass of the Moon is 7.35 × 1022 kg. (b) The average distance between the Earth and the Sun (center to center) is approximately 93 million miles. How far is the center of mass of the Earth/Sun system from the center of the Sun? The mass of the Earth is 5.97 × 1024 kg and the mass of the Sun is 1.99 x 1030 kg.

(a) The distance between the Earth and the Moon (center to center) is approximately 239,000 miles. How far is the center of mass of the Earth/Moon system from the center of the Earth? The mass of the Earth is 5.97 × 1024 kg and the mass of the Moon is 7.35 × 1022 kg. (b) The average distance between the Earth and the Sun (center to center) is approximately 93 million miles. How far is the center of mass of the Earth/Sun system from the center of the Sun? The mass of the Earth is 5.97 × 1024 kg and the mass of the Sun is 1.99 x 1030 kg.

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