The mass of the Moon is 0.0123 times that of the Earth. A spaceship is traveling along

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The mass of the Moon is 0.0123 times that of the Earth.
A spaceship is traveling along a line connecting the centers of the Earth and the Moon. At what distance from the Earth does the spaceship find the gravitational pull of the Earth equal in magnitude to that of the Moon? Express your answer as a percentage of the distance between the centers of the two bodies.
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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