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2. Given that the moon has a period of 27.32 days around Earth and a radius...

2. Given that the moon has a period of 27.32 days around Earth and a radius of orbit which is 60 Earth radii, what is the centripetal acceleration of the moon?

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the angular speed is

2.662 × 10-6 rad/s T 27.32 × 24 × 3600

The radius of the orbit is

R-60R, 60 × 6.371 × 10°-3.823 × 108m

Therefore the centripetal acceleration of the moon is

U2 R= (2.662 × 108 )2 × 3.823 × 108-0.00271 m/s2 a

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