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A moon is orbiting its planet in UCM. If the planet has a mass of 2.6 x 1026kg and the moon is orbiting the planet at 6.69 x 10°m/s, then what is the radius of the moon's orbit? r = unit

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Chapter13: Universal Gravitation

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Problem 13.6OQ: An object of mass m is located on the surface of a spherical planet of mass M and radius R. The...

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A moon is orbiting its planet in UCM. If the planet has a mass of
2.6 x 1026kg and the moon is orbiting the planet at 6.69 x
10³m/s, then what is the radius of the moon's orbit?
r =
unit

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