10 The distance between the centres of the earth and the

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10 The distance between the centres of the earth and the moon is 60 times the radius of the earth Calculate the centripetal acceleration of the moon Acceleration due to gravity on the earth s surface 10 m s Ans 1 360 m s 2 2 1 The mean distance of earth from sun is 1 496 108 km and its sidereal revolution period is 365 3 days The sidereal revolution periods of the planets Venus and Mars are 224 7 days and 687 0 days respectively Estimate the mean distances of these planets from the Ans 1 082 108 km 2 279 x 108 km sun 0