When a spacecraft is launched from the earth toward the sun, at what distance from the earth will the gravitational forces due to the sun and the earth cancel? Earth's mass is $5.97 \times 10 ^ { 24 } \mathrm {~kg}$ the sun's mass is $1.99 \times 10^{30} \mathrm {~kg}$ and the Earth-sun distance is 1.5 x $10 ^ { 11 } \mathrm {~m}$
A) $1.3 \times 10 ^ { 10 } \mathrm {~m}$
B) $2.6 \times 10 ^ { 10 } \mathrm {~m}$
C) $2.6 \times 10 ^ { 8 } \mathrm {~m}$
D) $1.3 \times 10 ^ { 8 } \mathrm {~m}$

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When a spacecraft is launched from the earth toward the sun, at what distance from the earth will the gravitational forces due to the sun and the earth cancel? Earth's mass is $5.97 \times 10 ^ { 24 } \mathrm {~kg}$ the sun's mass is $1.99 \times 10^{30} \mathrm {~kg}$ and the Earth-sun distance is  1.5 x $10 ^ { 11 } \mathrm {~m}$ 
A) $1.3 \times 10 ^ { 10 } \mathrm {~m}$
B) $2.6 \times 10 ^ { 10 } \mathrm {~m}$
C) $2.6 \times 10 ^ { 8 } \mathrm {~m}$
D) $1.3 \times 10 ^ { 8 } \mathrm {~m}$

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The Answer of When a spacecraft is launched from the earth toward the sun, at what distance from the earth will the gravitational forces due to the sun and the earth cancel? Earth's mass is $5.97 \times 10 ^ { 24 } \mathrm {~kg}$ the sun's mass is $1.99 \times 10^{30} \mathrm {~kg}$ and the Earth-sun distance is  1.5 x $10 ^ { 11 } \mathrm {~m}$ 
A) $1.3 \times 10 ^ { 10 } \mathrm {~m}$
B) $2.6 \times 10 ^ { 10 } \mathrm {~m}$
C) $2.6 \times 10 ^ { 8 } \mathrm {~m}$
D) $1.3 \times 10 ^ { 8 } \mathrm {~m}$

When a Spacecraft Is Launched from the Earth Toward the Sun