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Assuming that the moon completes one revolution in a circular orbit around the earth in 27.3 days, calculate the acceleration of the moon towards the earth. The radius of the circular orbit can be taken as `3.85 xx 10^(5)km`.

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`(2.73 xx 10^(-3)ms^(-2))`
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