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An undiscovered planet, many lightyears from Earth, has one moon in a periodic orbit. This moon takes 2010 × 103 seconds (about 23 days) on average to complete one nearly circular revolution around the unnamed planet. If the distance from the center of the moon to the surface of the planet is 235.0 × 106 m and the planet has a radius of 3.30 × 106 m, calculate the moon's radial acceleration ?c .
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An undiscovered planet, many lightyears from Earth, has one moon in a periodic orbit. This moon takes \( 2010 \times 10^3 \) seconds (about 23 days) on average to complete one nearly circular revolution around the unnamed planet. If the distance from the center of the moon to the surface of the planet is \( 235.0 \times 10^6 \) m and the planet has a radius of \( 3.30 \times 10^6 \) m, calculate the moon's radial acceleration \( a_c \).
**Calculation Requirement**
\[ a_c = \, \]
\[ \text{m/s}^2 \]
**Note:** The text contains a formula field for the result, which should be used to calculate the moon’s radial acceleration.](https://content.bartleby.com/qna-images/question/f90e9f76-a8ee-4e86-857e-4cb9f0bb2381/b558579c-e821-493b-9835-d7889c2ea00e/t2g1a7_processed.png)
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An undiscovered planet, many lightyears from Earth, has one moon in a periodic orbit. This moon takes \( 2010 \times 10^3 \) seconds (about 23 days) on average to complete one nearly circular revolution around the unnamed planet. If the distance from the center of the moon to the surface of the planet is \( 235.0 \times 10^6 \) m and the planet has a radius of \( 3.30 \times 10^6 \) m, calculate the moon's radial acceleration \( a_c \).
**Calculation Requirement**
\[ a_c = \, \]
\[ \text{m/s}^2 \]
**Note:** The text contains a formula field for the result, which should be used to calculate the moon’s radial acceleration.
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