From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2001 - 17:48:28 MST
Spike wrote:
> Damien wrote:
> > Cube root, I think. If so, circa 10.15 times => 0.092 of
> 5.2 AU = 0.48 AU,
> > so I was close. *Is* it cube root? Damien Broderick
>
> No. At L1, the gravity of Jupiter equals the gravity of the sun, so
> plug it into the formula F=mMG/R^2. Everything cancels except
> the mass of the planet and the R^2 in the denominator.
I think cube roots feature in magnetic attraction, not gravitation.
Emlyn
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