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Problem 72

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7/1/2010
Calculate to the first order in ϵ\epsilon the effect that the influence of the flattening of the earth (ϵ≈1/300\epsilon\approx 1/300) on the gravitational field of the earth has on the distance of the moon (assuming the earth to be homogeneous).