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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

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