Asteroid Equal Attraction

Asteroid Equal Attraction#

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Question Text#

An asteroid is floating through space on a collision course for earth. Determine the distance h for which the asteroid A will experience equal attraction from Earth and the moon on its journey. The distance between the Earth and moon centres is 384398 \(km\). The moon has 0.0123 times the mass of the Earth. x = 18942\(km\)

Answer Section#

Please enter in a numeric value in \(km\).

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