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Prior to the Apollo missions to tire moon, several Lunar Obiter spacecraft were used to ph...

Prior to the Apollo missions to tire moon, several Lunar Obiter spacecraft were used to photograph the lunar surface to obtain information regarding possible landing sites. At the conclusion of each mission, the trajectory of the spacecraft was adjusted so that the spacecraft would crash on the moon to further study the characteristics of the lunar surface. Shown below the elliptic orbit of Lunar Orbiter 2. Knowing that the mass of the moon is 0.01230 times the mass of the earth, determine the amount by which the speed of the orbiter should be reduced at point B so that it impacts the lunar surface at point C. (Hint. Point B is die apogee of the elliptic impact trajectory.)

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