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1. Suppose the moon were held in its orbit not by gravity but by the tension in a massless cable. You are given that the period of the moon's orbit is T = 27.3 days, the mean distance from the Earth to the moon is R = 3.85 x 108 m, and the mass of the moon is M = 7.35 x 1022 kg. What would the tension in the cable be?
2. how do i find the tension when there seems to be missing info. (to me)
3. First i tried finding velocity to put that into the tension equation. v = 3.85 x 10^8 / 27.3. What i used for an equation for tension. T = 7.35 x 10^22 (1.41 x 10^7 )^2 all over 3.85 x 10^8
please help, i have no clue what to do.
2. how do i find the tension when there seems to be missing info. (to me)
3. First i tried finding velocity to put that into the tension equation. v = 3.85 x 10^8 / 27.3. What i used for an equation for tension. T = 7.35 x 10^22 (1.41 x 10^7 )^2 all over 3.85 x 10^8
please help, i have no clue what to do.