A) In recent years, a number of nearby stars have been found to possess planets. Suppose, the orbital radius of such a planet is found to be 4.7 1011 m, with a period of 1300 days. Find the mass of the star. kg
B) When a spacecraft travels from the Earth to the Moon, both the Earth and the Moon exert a gravitational force on the spacecraft. Eventually, the spacecraft reaches a point where the Moon's gravitational attraction overcomes the Earth's gravity. How far from the Earth's surface must the spacecraft be for the gravitational forces from the Moon and the Earth to just cancel?
A) In recent years, a number of nearby stars have been found to possess planets. Suppose,...
In recent years, scientists have discovered hundreds of planets orbiting other stars. Some of these planets are in orbits that are similar to that of earth, which orbits the sun (Msun = 1.99 × 1030 kg) at a distance of 1.50 × 1011 m, called 1 astronomical unit (1 au). Others have extreme orbits that are much different from anything in our solar system. The following problem relates to one of these planets that follows circular orbit around its star....
Problem 6.37 In recent years, astronomers have found planets orbiting nearby stars that are quite different from planets in our solar system. Kepler-12b, has a diameter that is 1.7 times that of Jupiter (RJupiter = 6.99
A planet that is following Kepler's Laws, accelerates O A in the direction of the planets motion. O Btoward the Sun. ° C away from the sun. OD between the direction of the phnets motion and the direction from the planet to the Sur OE opposite to the direction of the planets motion Compare the magnitude of the acceleration of Earth's Moon to the acceler Earth ation of falling objects on the surface of the O A the accelerations are...
Over 500 planets have so far been detected beyond our solar system. This is accomplished by looking for the effect the planet has on the star. The star is not truly stationary; instead, it and its planets orbit around the center of mass of the system. Astronomers can measure this wobble in the position of a star. a.) For a star with the mass and size of our sun and having a planet with two times the mass of Jupiter,...
3. The following table comes from an article "7 Earth-sized planets circle nearby star," from Science News, March 18, 2017. Planetary lineup Seven Earth-sized planets (illustrated) have been found in orbit around the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. Astronomers already know many characteristics of these planets. (By convention, the first exoplanet discovered in a system is designated b.) Orbitdl 151 days 2.42 days 4.05 days 6.10 days 9.21 days 12.35 days -20 days sac AU 0.015 AU 0021AU 0028 AU 0.037...