Simple Nature - Light and Matter

(Martin Jones) #1

and letting 1 be the earth and 2 the moon, we have


xcm=

mear t h×0 +mmoonxmoon
mear t h+mmoon
= 4600 km,

or about three quarters of the way from the earth’s center to its
surface.


Section 3.1 Momentum in one dimension 145
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