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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How large could Europa’s orbit around Jupiter be before it is torn away from Jupiter by the Sun? MJupiter=1.9x10^27kg; Msun=2x10^30kg; radius of Europa’s orbit = 670900km; Jupiter’s orbital semimajor axis is 5.2AU

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What I would do would be to find the equilibrium point between Jupiter and the sun where the gravitational forces from both bodies are equal and opposite.

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