Consider the earth following its nearly circular orbit (Dashed curve) about the
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Question
Consider the earth following its nearly circular orbit (Dashed curve) about the sun. Figure 2 . The earth has mass m_earth = 5.98E^24kg and the sun has mass m_sun=1.99E30kg. They are separated, center to center by r= 93million miles = 150 million km.
a.) what is the size of the gravitational force acting on the earth due to the sun?
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Consider the earth following its nearly circular orbit (Dashed curve) about the sun. Figure 2 . The earth has mass m_earth = 5.98E^24kg and the sun has mass m_sun=1.99E30kg. They are separated, center to center by r= 93million miles = 150 million km. what is the size of the gravitational force acting on the earth due to the sun?Explanation / Answer
F=G*m1*m2/R^2
==> F=6.67E-11*5.98E24*1.99E30/(1.5E11)^2
==> Force= 3.5277 E22 N= 3.5377*10^22 N