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Calculate the centripetal acceleration (in m/s) needed to keep the Moon in its orbit (assuming a...
Suppose a satellite was orbiting the Earth just above the surface. What is its centripetal acceleration? Smaller thang Equal to 3 Larger than Impossible to say without knowing the mass A hypothetical planet has a mass of half that of the Earth and a radius of twice that of the Earth. What is the acceleration due to gravity on the planet in terms of the acceleration due to gravity at the Earth? The acceleration of gravity on the Moon is...
Q1. (i) (ii) (iii) Calculate the centripetal acceleration of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun, And the net force exerted on the Earth. What exerts this force on the Earth? Assume that the Earth's orbit is a circle of radius 1.5 X 101 m (iv) (v) Calculate the Gravitational Force between the Earth and the Sun Compare the Gravitational Force to that net force from section (ii) above.
An undiscovered planet, many lightyears from Earth, has one moon in a periodic orbit. This moon takes time ? on average to complete one nearly circular revolution around the unnamed planet. If the diameter of the moon's orbit is ?, calculate the moon's radial (or centripetal) acceleration ac. ac=
01. (i) Calculate the centripetal acceleration of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun, (ii) And the net force exerted on the Earth. iii) What exerts this force on the Earth? Assume that the Earth's orbit is a circle of radius 1.5 X 10' m (iv) Calculate the Gravitational Force between the Earth and the Sun. (v) Compare the Gravitational Force to that net force from section (ii) above. Given that F mg (vi) Calculate the acceleration due to...
An undiscovered planet, many lightyears from Earth, has one moon in a periodic orbit. This moon takes 1710 * 10^3 seconds (about 2.0 * 10^1 days) on average to complete one nearly circular revolution around the unnamed planet. If the distance from the center of the moon to the surface of the planet is 295.0 * 10^6 m and the planet has a radius of 3.20 ^ 10^6 m, calculate the moon\'s radial acceleration.
a. Compute the centripetal acceleration of a point on the surface of the Earth at the equator caused by the rotation of the Earth about its axis. Enter the magnitude. The radius of the Earth is 6,371 km. The period is one day. m/s2 b. Suppose the Earth were spinning much faster. Find the period that results in the centipetal acceleration being equal to 9.8 m/s?. minutes When the centripetal acceleration equals the acceleration due to gravity, objects are in...
An undiscovered planet, many lightyears from Earth, has one moon in a periodic orbit. This moon takes 1960 x 103 seconds (about 23 days) on average to complete one nearly circular revolution around the unnamed planet. If the distance from the center of the moon to the surface of the planet is 295.0 x 106 m and the planet has a radius of 3.70 x 10% m, calculate the moon's radial acceleration a. An undiscovered planet, many lightyears from Earth,...
An undiscovered planet, many lightyears from Earth, has one moon in a periodic orbit. This moon takes 1710× 10^3 seconds (about 2.0×10^1 days) on average to complete one nearly circular revolution around the unnamed planet. If the distance from the center of the moon to the surface of the planet is 265.0× 10^6 m and the planet has a radius of 3.10× 10^6 m, calculate the moon's radial acceleration ?c.
An undiscovered planet, many lightyears from Earth, has one moon in a periodic orbit. This moon takes 1960 × 103 seconds (about 23 days) on average to complete one nearly circular revolution around the unnamed planet. If the distance from the center of the moon to the surface of the planet is 275.0 × 106 m and the planet has a radius of 3.20 × 106 m, calculate the moon's radial acceleration ?c.
An undiscovered planet, many lightyears from Earth, has one moon in a periodic orbit. This moon takes 1960 × 103 seconds (about 23 days) on average to complete one nearly circular revolution around the unnamed planet. If the distance from the center of the moon to the surface of the planet is 275.0 × 106 m and the planet has a radius of 3.20 × 106 m, calculate the moon's radial acceleration ?c .