Find the gravitational force exerted by shuttle on the earth

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Question: When the space shuttle (mass of the shuttle=2*10^6kg) was at the outer limit of Earth's atmosphere (distance= 350km above Earth's surface), astronauts measured the gravitational force from Earth to be equal to 1.7*10^7 newtons. Suppose that both Earth and the shuttle are point masses, find the gravitational force of Earth on the shuttle when the shuttle was at the limit of the mesosphere, i.e., at 90km from Earth's surface. Also, what is the gravitational force the shuttle exerts on Earth at this point? Explain it breifly.

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