If the Earth’s mass were double what it is, in what ways

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If the Earth’s mass were double what it is, in what ways would the Moon’s orbit be different?

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QUESTION:

If the Earth’s mass were double what it is, in what ways would the Moon’s orbit be different?

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The gravitational force exerted by the Earth of mass  on the Moon  is given by the following equation.

Here,  is the gravitational constant and  is the radius of the Moon's orbit.

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