Solution 2.7

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\displaystyle F=\frac{G{{m}_{1}}{{m}_{2}}}{{{d}^{2}}}

where \displaystyle F is the force on the particle, \displaystyle {{m}_{1}} is the mass of the moon, \displaystyle {{m}_{2}} is the mass of the particle and \displaystyle d is the radius of the moon.

As \displaystyle F={{m}_{2}}a where \displaystyle a is the acceleration of the particle


\displaystyle a=\frac{G{{m}_{1}}}{{{d}^{2}}}


As \displaystyle G=6.67\times {{10}^{-11}}\text{ k}{{\text{g}}^{\text{-1}}}{{\text{m}}^{\text{3}}}{{\text{s}}^{\text{-2}}} we get


\displaystyle \begin{align} & a=\frac{6.67\times {{10}^{-11}}\text{ k}{{\text{g}}^{\text{-1}}}{{\text{m}}^{\text{3}}}{{\text{s}}^{\text{-2}}}\times \text{7}.\text{38}\times \text{1}{{0}^{\text{22}}}\text{kg}}{{{\left( \text{1}.\text{73}\times \text{1}{{0}^{\text{6}}}\text{m} \right)}^{2}}} \\ & =\frac{6.67\times \text{7}.\text{38}}{\text{1}.\text{7}{{\text{3}}^{2}}\times 10}\text{m}{{\text{s}}^{-2}}=1.64\text{m}{{\text{s}}^{-2}} \\ \end{align}