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According to NASA, the mass of the Earth is 5.97 x 10^24 kg, the mass of the Moon is 7.3 x 10^22 kg, and the mean distance between the Earth and the Moon is 3.84 x 10^8 m. What is the force of gravitational attraction between the Earth and the Moon? Want Lecture Notes? This is an AP Physics 1 topic. Content Times: 0:07 Translating the problem 0:56 Solving the problem 2:15 Determining how long until the Moon crashes into the Earth 4:00 Determining what is wrong with this calculation Next Video: Deriving the Acceleration due to Gravity on any Planet and specifically Mt. Everest Multilingual? Please help translate Flipping Physics videos! Previous Video: How Much is a Mermaid Attracted to a Doughnut? Please support me on Patreon! Thank you to Aarti Sangwan and Christopher Becke for being my Quality Control Team for this video. Thank you to Youssef Nasr for transcribing the English subtitles of this video.

Name: The Force of Gravitational Attraction between the Earth and the Moon Category: Circular Motion & Gravity Date Added: 2017-12-03 Submitter: Flipping Physics According to NASA, the mass of the Earth is 5.97 x 10^24 kg, the mass of the Moon is 7.3 x 10^22 kg, and the mean distance between the Earth and the Moon is 3.84 x 10^8 m. What is the force of gravitational attraction between the Earth and the Moon? Want Lecture Notes? This is an AP Physics 1 topic. Content Times: 0:07 Translating the problem 0:56 Solving the problem 2:15 Determining how long until the Moon crashes into the Earth 4:00 Determining what is wrong with this calculation Next Video: Deriving the Acceleration due to Gravity on any Planet and specifically Mt. Everest Multilingual? Please help translate Flipping Physics videos! Previous Video: How Much is a Mermaid Attracted to a Doughnut? Please support me on Patreon! Thank you to Aarti Sangwan and Christopher Becke for being my Quality Control Team for this video. Thank you to Youssef Nasr for transcribing the English subtitles of this video. The Force of Gravitational Attraction between the Earth and the Moon

Apollo 15 Video Courtesy of NASA: The 1971 Feather and Hammer Drop Experiment performed by Astronaut David Scott. We analyze the experiment to determine the height from which the feather and hammer were dropped. It is a great, basic, introductory free-fall problem. Content Times: 0:19 Why the experiment was done. 0:32 Let's enjoy the video 1:27 Beginning to analyze the video 2:23 Using the Frame Rate 3:00 Counting the frames 3:50 Solving for the initial height 4:51 The answer to how high the feather and hammer were dropped 5:31 The Review [url="http://www.flippingphysics.com/apollo-15-feather-and-hammer-drop.html"]Want Lecture Notes?[/url] Previous Video: [url="http://www.flippingphysics.com/introduction-to-free-fall.html"]Introduction to Free-Fall and the Acceleration due to Gravity[/url] Next Video: [url="http://www.flippingphysics.com/dropping-a-ball-from-20-meters.html"]Dropping a Ball from 2.0 Meters - An Introductory Free-Fall Acceleration Problem[/url] Permissions: Picture of Moon: By Jmpicot (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 ([url="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"]http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0[/url])], via Wikimedia Commons Picture of Astronaut David Scott and Apollo 15 video: This file is in the public domain because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted".

Name: Analyzing the Apollo 15 Feather and Hammer Drop - A Basic, Introductory Free-Fall Problem Category: Kinematics Date Added: 21 May 2014 - 03:54 PM Submitter: Flipping Physics Short Description: None Provided Apollo 15 Video Courtesy of NASA: The 1971 Feather and Hammer Drop Experiment performed by Astronaut David Scott. We analyze the experiment to determine the height from which the feather and hammer were dropped. It is a great, basic, introductory free-fall problem. Content Times: 0:19 Why the experiment was done. 0:32 Let's enjoy the video 1:27 Beginning to analyze the video 2:23 Using the Frame Rate 3:00 Counting the frames 3:50 Solving for the initial height 4:51 The answer to how high the feather and hammer were dropped 5:31 The Review View Video