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OpenStudy (doc.brown):

Find the Legrangian point L1 between a planet and it's moon.

OpenStudy (doc.brown):

Moon \(9.76\times10^{20}kg\) orbits \(1.20\times10^{7}m\) around the planet \(5.29\times10^{22}kg\). ?

OpenStudy (doc.brown):

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OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

is that one the one where the gravitational force between the planet and the object is exactly equal to the gravitational force between the moon and the object ?

OpenStudy (doc.brown):

Yeah, that makes sense.

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

actually thats not right , the gravitational attractions do not cancel exactly at the L_1 point

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

it is more complicated than that, i think you have to use Kepler's third law,

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