(Solution) - Prior to the Apollo missions to the moon several Lunar -(2025 Original AI-Free Solution)

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Prior to the Apollo missions to the moon, several Lunar Orbiter spacecraft were used to photograph the lunar surface to obtain information regarding possible landing sites. At the conclusion of each mission, the trajectory of the spacecraft was adjusted so that the spacecraft would crash on the moon to further study the characteristics of the lunar surface. Shown here is the elliptic orbit of Lunar Orbiter 2. Knowing that the mass of the moon is 0.01230 times the mass of the earth, determine the amount by which the speed of the orbiter should be reduced at point B so that it impacts the lunar surface at pointC.