The distance between the centre of the Earth and the Moon is $384000 \, km$. If the mass of the Earth is $6 \times 10^{24} \, kg$ and $G = 6.67 \times 10^{-11} \, N m^2/kg^2$,the orbital speed of the Moon is nearly ......... $km/s$.

  • A
    $1$
  • B
    $4$
  • C
    $8$
  • D
    $11.2$

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