(II) Calculate the acceleration due to gravity on the

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Problem 30P

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(II) Calculate the acceleration due to gravity on the Moon, which has radius 1.74 X 106 m and mass 7.35 X 1022 kg.

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Problem 30P

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(II) Calculate the acceleration due to gravity on the Moon, which has radius 1.74 X 106 m and mass 7.35 X 1022 kg.

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Gravitational force of the Moon may be calculated as:

 where the G is universal gravitational constant and has a value of

 so now we can see that the acceleration on the Moon we can calculate as

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