47. Earth-Moon Center of Mass The Earth has a mass of 5.98 x 1024 kg, the Moon has a mass of 7.35 x 1022 kg, and their center-to-center distance is 3.85 x 108 m. How far from the cen- ter of the Earth is the Earth-Moon center of mass? Is the Earth-Moon center of mass above or below the surface of the Earth? By what distance? (As the Earth and Moon orbit one an- other, their centers orbit about their common center of mass.)

47. Earth-Moon Center of Mass The Earth has a mass of 5.98 x 1024 kg, the Moon has a mass of 7.35 x 1022 kg, and their center-to-center distance is 3.85 x 108 m. How far from the cen- ter of the Earth is the Earth-Moon center of mass? Is the Earth-Moon center of mass above or below the surface of the Earth? By what distance? (As the Earth and Moon orbit one an- other, their centers orbit about their common center of mass.)

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