Moon and Earth Simulation

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Speed of time (1 second is 1 second):

Radius r (384400 km):

Force between earth and moon:

F MoonEarth = G Mass earth Mass moon r 2 = 6.67408 * 10 -11 5.972 * 10 24 kg 7.348 * 10 22 kg ( m) 2 = 0.002696m/s 20 N

Acceleration of the moon due to earth's gravitational force:

a moon = F MoonEarth Mass moon = N 7.348 * 10 22 kg = 2

Required initial velocity for orbit:

velocity moon = a r = 0.002696m/s 2 * m =

Actual velocity (factor 1=Perfectly circular orbit)

factor =
velocity moon = velocity moon * factor = 2 m/s

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