Determine the moons orbital speed

Reference no: EM13550158

A moon of a planet like the Earth is 4.24 × 105 km distant from the planet's center, and it completes an orbit in 35.5 days.

A) Determine the moon's orbital speed.

Answer in units of m/s

B) How far does the moon "fall" toward the planet in 1.59 s?

Answer in units of mm

Reference no: EM13550158

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