Use Newton's Version of Kepler's Third Law to find the mass of the Moon.

STEP 1

The first step is always to write out the data. You can find the information you need about the mass of the Earth, the orbital period of the Moon, and the average distance between the Earth and Moon in the book. When you finish that, click here to move on to Step 2.

Updated 9/24/99

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