Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics
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Author: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell, Brian Self
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Chapter 12.3, Problem 12.112P
The Clementine spacecraft described an elliptic orbit of minimum altitude hA = 400 km and maximum altitude hB = 2940 km above the surface of the moon. Knowing that the radius of the moon is 1737 km and that the mass of the moon is 0.01230 times the mass of the earth, determine the periodic time of the spacecraft.
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