Show that the radius r of the moon's orbit can be determined from the radius R of
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Show that the radius r of the moon's orbit can be determined from the radius R of the earth, the acceleration of gravity g at the surface of the earth, and the time ( required for the moon to complete one full revolution about the earth. Compute r knowing that ( = 27.3 days, giving the answer in both SI and U.S. customary units?
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics
ISBN: 978-0073398242
11th edition
Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell, Brian Self
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