A comet orbits the sun at an average distance of about 13.6 astronomical units (AU). Based on the Kepler's third of planetary motion. Determine when we will see this comet next time if it was last seen in 2020?
A comet orbits the sun at an average distance of about 13.6 astronomical units (AU). Based...
The average distance from the Earth to the Sun is defined as one "astronomical unit" (AU). An asteroid orbits the Sun in one-third of a year. What is the asteroids average distance from the Sun? 0.19 AU 0.43 AU o 21 AU 5.2 AU Many comets orbit the Sun in highly elliptical orbits. What happens over time to the comet's angular momentum? It continually increases. It continually decreases. It remains constant It increases during some parts of the orbit and...
A comet (see the figure below) approaches the Sun to within 0.570 AU, and its orbital period is 76.6 yr. (AU is the symbol for astronomical unit, where 1 AU = 1.50 x 1011 m is the mean Earth-Sun distance.) How far from the Sun will the comet travel before it starts its return journey? 34.75 The comet moves in an ellipse. What equation relates the period of motion to the size of the ellipse? AU Sun 0.570 AU —2a-...
A comet orbits the Sun in 4,063 years. What is its average orbital distance from the Sun? Express your answer in AU (enter "AU" for units) and round it to the nearest integer А. An asteroid orbits the Sun at an average orbital distance of 3.12 AU. What is its average orbital period? Express your answer in years (enter "years" for units) and round it to two decimals. В. A moon orbits a planet in 1.5 days. What is the...
The orbit of a 1.5 ✕ 1010 kg comet around the Sun is elliptical, with an aphelion distance of 33.0 AU and perihelion distance of 0.850 AU. (Note: 1 AU = one astronomical unit = the average distance from the Sun to the Earth = 1.496 ✕ 1011 m.) (a)What is its orbital eccentricity? (b)What is its period? (Enter your answer in yr.) (c)At aphelion what is the potential energy (in J) of the comet—Sun system?
A comet orbits the Sun every 8.67 years and reaches its closest distance to the Sun at 0.68 AU in its orbit. What would its aphelion be? Round your answer to 3 decimal places in normal decimal format in units of AU.
The average Earth-Sun distance is 1.00 astronomical unit (AU). At how many AUs from the Sun is the intensity of sunlight 1/81 the intensity at the Earth? AU
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. ...
009 10.0 points As Halley's comet orbits the sun, its distance from the sun changes dramatically. If the comet's speed at a distance of 9.1 x 1010 m from the sun is 5.1 x 104 m/s and angular momentum is conserved, what is its speed when it is 3.6 x 1012 m from the sun? Ignore radial components of momentum. Answer in units of m/s.
A comet has an average distance from the sun of 7.5 AU. What is its time for going around the sun? Select one: a. 10.3N b. 19.8 N c. 27.2025 N e d. 6.6 N o e. 20,54 N At the top of a cliff 105 m high, Raoul throws a rock upward with velocity 27 m/s. How much later should he drop a second rock from rest so both rocks arrive simultaneously at the bottom of the cliff? Select...
A comet orbits the Sun and loses mass at a constant rate of 30,000kg/s. The only force acting on the comet is the gravitational force. a) From the definition of torque in terms of angular momentum, torque=dL/dt, show that dI/dt=-alphaI/omega (alpha= angular acceleration, omega=angular velocity) b) The quantity omega/omega(with a dot on it), where (omega with a dot on it=domega/dt) is a natural time scale for the system's change in angular frequency (to see this, think about the units). Approximating...