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    The document summarizes a physics problem about a landing craft approaching Callisto, one of Jupiter's moons. It asks about the craft's weight, mass, and Callisto's gravity given information about the rocket thrust needed to descend at a constant speed versus accelerate downward. The answer finds that the craft's weight is 3260N, its mass is approximately 2700kg, and Callisto's gravity is about 1.20m/s^2 by using equations relating thrust, mass, acceleration, and gravity.

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    Chapter 3 - Force and Newton’s Laws

    Problem 5
    Question
    A landing craft approaches the surface of Callisto, one of the satellites (moons)
    of the planet Jupiter. If an upward thrust of 3260 N is supplied by the rocket
    engine, the craft descends with constant speed. Callisto has no atmosphere. If
    the upward thrust is 2200 N, the craft accelerates downward at 0.390 m/s2 . (a)
    What is the weight of the landing craft in the vicinity of Callisto’s surface? (b)
    What is the mass of the craft? (c) What is the acceleration due to gravity near
    the surface of Callisto?

    Answer
    We can immediately deduce that (a) the weight of the craft near Callisto’s
    surface is 3260 N, as that exactly cancels gravity. (b) We can find the mass of
    the craft from m = F/a = (F1 − F2 )/a ≈ 2700 kg. (c) Therefore gravity can be
    found to be g = F1 /m = F1 a/(F1 − F2 ) ≈ 1.20 m/s2 .

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