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Moon's centripetal acceleration in its orbit around the Earth.

Moon's centripetal acceleration in its orbit around the Earth.

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Compute the Moon's centripetal acceleration in its orbit around the Earth. Recall that the Moon orbits the Earth every 28.0 days and that it is about 240000 miles from the Earth. What force causes this acceleration? Please first report the answer using symbolic algebra and then the numerical value. Be sure to convert to SI units.
Transcribed Image Text:Compute the Moon's centripetal acceleration in its orbit around the Earth. Recall that the Moon orbits the Earth every 28.0 days and that it is about 240000 miles from the Earth. What force causes this acceleration? Please first report the answer using symbolic algebra and then the numerical value. Be sure to convert to SI units.
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Given:

The time period of moon orbiting the earth is T=28 days

Distance between earth and moon is d=240000 miles

Note:

1 mile=1609.344 m

1 day=24 h

1 h=60 min.

1 min.=60 s

 

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