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ISBN: 8220103026918

Author: Walker

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 12, Problem 4PCE

The Attraction of Ceres Ceres, the largest asteroid known, has a mass of roughly 8.7 × 10²⁰ kg. If Ceres passes within 14,000 km of the spaceship in which you are traveling, what force does it exert on you? (Use an approximate value for your mass, and treat yourself and the asteroid as point objects.)

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