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joemmonster
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Homework Statement
A geostationary satellite is to be placed to view the far side of the moon. How far away should it be placed from the center of the Earth and what velocity should it travel in order to maintain its orbit? (Considering the moon and Earth as one entity and solve for the center of gravity, then determine the distance the satellite should be)
Mass of Earth: 5.97x10^24kg
Mass of moon: 7.349x10^22kg
Distance of moon to earth: 384,000,000 m
Center of gravity from earth: 4,669,513.807 m
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
I calculated the orbital radius and it seems that it's not going to be on the far side of the moon (42,399,473.46 m)
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