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The Moon is about 3.8 X 105 km from the Earth. Show that its average orbital speed about Earth is 1026 m/s
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bobpursley
force gravity=centripetal force
GMeMm/d^2=Mm w^2*d
solve for angular velocity, w

then velocity=wd
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