During a solar eclipse, the Moon, Earth, and Sun all lie on the same line, with the Moon between the Earth and the Sun. (See Table 7.3. The averaged distance separating Earth and the Moon is 384 000 km.) (a) What force is exerted by the Sun on the Moon?  N (b) What force is exerted by the Earth on the Moon?  N (c) What force is exerted by the Sun on the Earth?  N

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During a solar eclipse, the Moon, Earth, and Sun all lie on the same line, with the Moon between the Earth and the Sun. (See Table 7.3. The averaged distance separating Earth and the Moon is 384 000 km.)

(a) What force is exerted by the Sun on the Moon?
 N
(b) What force is exerted by the Earth on the Moon?
 N
(c) What force is exerted by the Sun on the Earth?
 N



Useful Planetary Data
Body Mass (kg) Mean Radius (m) Period (s) Distance from Sun (m) T2/r3 (s2/m3)
Mercury 3.18 ✕ 1023 2.43 ✕ 106 7.60 ✕ 106 5.79 ✕ 1010 2.97 ✕ 10-19
Venus 4.88 ✕ 1024 6.06 ✕ 106 1.94 ✕ 107 1.08 ✕ 1011 2.99 ✕ 10-19
Earth 5.98 ✕ 1024 6.37 ✕ 106 3.156 ✕ 107 1.496 ✕ 1011 2.97 ✕ 10-19
Mars 6.42 ✕ 1023 3.37 ✕ 106 5.94 ✕ 107 2.28 ✕ 1011 2.98 ✕ 10-19
Jupiter 1.90 ✕ 1027 6.99 ✕ 107 3.74 ✕ 108 7.78 ✕ 1011 2.97 ✕ 10-19
Saturn 5.68 ✕ 1026 5.85 ✕ 107 9.35 ✕ 108 1.43 ✕ 1012 2.99 ✕ 10-19
Uranus 8.68 ✕ 1025 2.33 ✕ 107 2.64 ✕ 109 2.87 ✕ 1012 2.95 ✕ 10-19
Neptune 1.03 ✕ 1026 2.21 ✕ 107 5.22 ✕ 109 4.50 ✕ 1012 2.99 ✕ 10-19
Pluto ~1.4 ✕ 1022 ~1.5 ✕ 106 7.82 ✕ 109 5.91 ✕ 1012 2.96 ✕ 10-19
Moon 7.36 ✕ 1022 1.74 ✕ 106 - - -
Sun 1.991 ✕ 1030 6.96 ✕ 108 - - -
Table 7.
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