Homework (3.44' OBLIQUITY MOON EARTH EQUATORIAL PLANE LUNAR ORBIT PLANE ECLIPTIC PLANE 1.54" EARTH TO ECLIPTIC EARTH 1. Consider the Moon as it travels around the Earth: a) What is the magnitude of its centripetal acceleration? b) What is the magnitude of its centripetal force? c) Calculate the Earth's gravitational force on the Moon. How does this compare to your answer from part b)? d ) What is Earth's centripetal acceleration due to the Moon's rotations? ac = " 2. A jet pilot puts an aircraft with constant speed into a vertical loop. a) When will the normal force from the pilot's seat on the pilot be greatest? b) When will it be least? c) Is there a way for the pilot to make it so that at one point in their loop neither the seat nor the harness puts a normal force on the pilot's body