Chapter 7 – Gravitation
A saturn year is 29.5 times the earth year. How far is the saturn from the sun if the earth is 1.50×10^8km away from the sun ?
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A saturn year is 29.5 times the earth year. How far is the saturn from the sun if the earth is 1.50×10^8km away from the sun ? A saturn year is 29.5 times the earth year. How far is the saturn from the sun if the earth is 1.50×10^8km away from the sun ? September [...]
How will you ‘weigh the sun’, that is estimate its mass? The mean orbital radius of the earth around the sun is 1.5×10^8 km.
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How will you ‘weigh the sun’, that is estimate its mass? The mean orbital radius of the earth around the sun is 1.5×10^8 km. How will you 'weigh the sun' that is estimate its mass? The mean orbital radius of the earth around the sun is 1.5×10^8 km. September 19, 2020 Category: Chapter 7 - [...]
A rocket is fired from the Earth towards the Sun. At what distance from the Earth’s center, the gravitational force on the rocket is zero? Mass of the Sun = 2 × 10^30kg and mass of the Earth = 6 × 10^24kg.
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A rocket is fired from the Earth towards the Sun. At what distance from the Earth’s center, the gravitational force on the rocket is zero? Mass of the Sun = 2 × 10^30kg and mass of the Earth = 6 × 10^24kg. A rocket is fired from the Earth towards the Sun. At what distance [...]
Choose the correct answer from among the given ones: The gravitational intensity at the centre of a hemispherical shell of uniform mass density has the direction indicated by the arrow
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Choose the correct answer from among the given ones: The gravitational intensity at the centre of a hemispherical shell of uniform mass density has the direction indicated by the arrow Choose the correct answer from among the given ones: The gravitational intensity at the centre of a hemispherical shell of uniform mass density has the [...]
A comet orbits the sun in a highly elliptical orbit. Does the comet have a constant (a) Linear speed, (b) angular speed, (c) Angular momentum, (d) Kinetic energy, (e) potential energy, (f) total energy throughout its orbit? Neglect any mass loss of the comet when it comes very close to the Sun.
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A comet orbits the sun in a highly elliptical orbit. Does the comet have a constant (a) Linear speed, (b) angular speed, (c) Angular momentum, (d) Kinetic energy, (e) potential energy, (f) total energy throughout its orbit? Neglect any mass loss of the comet when it comes very close to the Sun. (b) angular speed [...]
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Let us assume that our galaxy consists of 2.5×10^11 stars each of one solar mass. How long will a star at a distance of 50,000 light year from the galactic centre take to complete one revolution ? Take the diameter of the Milky Way to be 10^5 light years.
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Let us assume that our galaxy consists of 2.5×10^11 stars each of one solar mass. How long will a star at a distance of 50,000 light year from the galactic centre take to complete one revolution ? Take the diameter of the Milky Way to be 10^5 light years. 000 light year from the galactic [...]
One of the satellites of Jupiter has an orbital period of 1.769 days and the radius of the orbit is 4.22×10^8 m. Show that the mass of Jupiter is about one-thousandth that of the sun.
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One of the satellites of Jupiter has an orbital period of 1.769 days and the radius of the orbit is 4.22×10^8 m. Show that the mass of Jupiter is about one-thousandth that of the sun. One of the satellites of Jupiter has an orbital period of 1.769 days and the radius of the orbit is [...]
Suppose there existed a planet that went around the sun twice as fast as the earth. What would be its orbital size as compared to that of the earth ?
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Suppose there existed a planet that went around the sun twice as fast as the earth. What would be its orbital size as compared to that of the earth ? Suppose there existed a planet that went around the sun twice as fast as the earth. What would be its orbital size as compared to [...]
(c) If you compare the gravitational force on the earth due to the sun to that due to the moon, you would find that the Sun’s pull is greater than the moon’s pull. However, the tidal effect of the moon’s pull is greater than the tidal effect of the sun. Why?
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(c) If you compare the gravitational force on the earth due to the sun to that due to the moon, you would find that the Sun’s pull is greater than the moon’s pull. However, the tidal effect of the moon’s pull is greater than the tidal effect of the sun. Why? (c) If you compare [...]
(b) An astronaut inside a small space ship orbiting around the earth cannot detect gravity. If the space station orbiting around the earth has a large size, can he hope to detect gravity?
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(b) An astronaut inside a small space ship orbiting around the earth cannot detect gravity. If the space station orbiting around the earth has a large size, can he hope to detect gravity? (b) An astronaut inside a small space ship orbiting around the earth cannot detect gravity. If the space station orbiting around the [...]