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The Moon with a Mass of 7 ×\times 1022 Kg Is Orbiting About the Earth with a Mass

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The moon with a mass of 7.35 ×\times 1022 kg is orbiting about the earth with a mass of 5.98 ×\times 1024 kg at a radius of 3.85 ×\times 108 meters.The earth is orbiting about the sun with a mass of 1.99 ×\times 1030 kg at a radius of 1.50 ×\times 1011 meters.The force of gravity on the moon when it is between the earth and the sun is (G = 6.67 ×\times 10-11 N m2/kg2)


A) 4.36 ×\times 1020 N toward the sun.
B) 4.36 ×\times 1020 N toward the earth.
C) 2.36 ×\times 1020 N toward the sun.
D) 2.38 ×\times 1020 N toward the earth.
E) 1.98 ×\times 1020 N toward the earth.

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