When a spacecraft travels from the Earth to the Moon, both the Earth and the Moon exert
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When a spacecraft travels from the Earth to the Moon, both the Earth and the Moon exert a gravitational force on the spacecraft. Eventually, the spacecraft reaches a point where the Moon’s gravitational attraction overcomes the Earth’s gravity. How far from the Earth must the spacecraft be for the gravitational forces from the Moon and the Earth to just cancel?
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