A spacecraft is in a circular orbit about the moon, 1.60 x 105 m above its surface. The speed of the spacecraft is 1430

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A spacecraft is in a circular orbit about the moon, 1.60 x 105 m above its surface. The speed of the spacecraft is 1430

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A spacecraft is in a circular orbit about the
moon, 1.60 x 105 m above its surface. The
speed of the spacecraft is 1430 m/s, and the radius of
the moon is 1.74 x 106 m. If the moon were a
smooth, reflective sphere, (a) how
far below the moon's surface would the image of the spacecraft
appear, and (b) what would be the
apparent speed of the spacecraft's image? (Hint: both the
spacecraft and its image have the same angular speed about the
center of the moon.)
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