The eccentricity of an asteroid's orbit is 0.0206, and the semimajor axis is 2.40 x 1011...
The eccentricity of an asteroid's orbit is 0.0380, and the semimajor axis is 3.06 x 1011 m. The Sun's center is at one focus of the asteroid's orbit. (a) How far from this focus is the other focus in meters? (b) What is the ratio of this distance to the solar radius, 6.96 x 108 m?
Table 13.1 Solar system data (in SI units and relative to Earth) Orbit eccentricity Mass Equatorial radius semimajor axis period (a^) (years) 30 Sun 2.0 X 10 3.3 × 10 Mercury 3.30 X 1023 Venus 4.87 X 1024 Earth Mars Jupiter 1.90 x 1027318 Saturn 5.68 × 1026 95.2 Uranus 8.68 X 1014.5 Neptune 1.02 x 102617.1 Pluto 2.440 ×106 6.052 X 106 6.378 X 106 3.396 × 106 5.79×1010 1.082 x 1011 1.496 × 1011 2.279 ×1011 11.2 7.783...
The semimajor axis of Mars orbit is about 1.52 astronomical units (au), where an au is the Earth's average distance from the Sun, meaning the semimajor axis of Earth's orbit is 1 au. To go from Earth to Mars and use the least energy from rocket fuel, the orbit has a semimajor axis of 1.26 au and an eccentricity of about 0.21. Starting at Earth's orbit, to follow this path we give the spacecraft an orbital velocity of 40 km/s. ...
A. The Sun travels in a circular orbit at a velocity of 220 km/second at a distance of 8.0 kiloparsecs from the center of the Galaxy (note that these numbers are slightly different from those in your book). Calculate the number of years it takes the Sun to complete an orbit (i.e., the circumference of a circle with an 8.0 kiloparsec radius) around the center of the Galaxy. (There are 3.1 x 1013 kilometers/parsec and 3.2 x 107 seconds/year.) B....
3) Consider the planet Mercury which has mass 3.34 x1023 kg, radius 2.44x10 m, semimajor axis 5.79x1010 m, and eccentricity .206. a) What is the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of Mercury? b) What is the escape velocity from the surface of Mercury? c) Calculate the force exerted on Mercury by the sun at its perihelion and appihelion. d) What are the perihelion and appihelion velocities of Mercury? e) What is Mercury's angular momentum at these two locations?...
The average distance between Earth and the Sun is 1.5 x 1011 m. (a) Calculate the average speed of Earth in its orbit (assumed to be circular) in meters per second m/s (b) What is this speed in miles per hour? X mph
The average distance between Earth and the Sun is 1.5 x 1011 m. (a) Calculate the average speed of Earth in its orbit (assumed to be circular) in meters per second. m/s (b) What is this speed in miles per hour? mph
014 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points Ever since it was learned that an aster- oid hit the earth 65 million years ago and destroyed most life-forms, including the di- nosaurs, observations of new comets are fol- lowed with great interest! Suppose a new comet is found orbiting the sun as it is pass- ing its point of closest approach at a distance Tmin 0.658 AU (1 AU-semimajor axis (average radius) of the Earth's orbit.) Careful studies determine that its...
Suppose we decide to send a spacecraft to Saturn, using one
transfer orbit that connects the earth to Saturn. Craft starts in a
circular orbit (centering the Sun) close to Earth (radius 1 AU) and
is to end up in another orbit near Saturn (radius 10 AU). Ignore
the effects of other planets in the solar system.
a) Find the eccentricity
of the transfer orbit that gives the shortest time of travel.
b) Use Kepler's third law to estimate the...
For the following, quote your numerical answers to two significant figures: a) A binary system consists of two stars orbiting a common center of mass. Star A is a white star of mass MA = 2.02Mo, where Mo = 1.989 x 1030 kg is the mass of the Sun. Its companion, Star B, is a white dwarf with mass Mg = 0.978M. The orbital period of the two objects is observed to be t = 50.09 years. What is the...