3. The Earth moves in an almost perfectly uniform circular orbit with the Sun at its center, 1.5 x 108 km away. A) What is the period of its orbit in seconds? [You should be able to figure this out from other facts you know without looking anything up] B) What is the frequency of this orbit in Hertz (Hz)? C) What is the angular frequency of this orbit in radians/second (rad/s)?

3. The Earth moves in an almost perfectly uniform circular orbit with the Sun at its center, 1.5 x 108 km away. A) What is the period of its orbit in seconds? [You should be able to figure this out from other facts you know without looking anything up] B) What is the frequency of this orbit in Hertz (Hz)? C) What is the angular frequency of this orbit in radians/second (rad/s)?

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College Physics

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168000

Author:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Publisher:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Chapter6: Uniform Circular Motion And Gravitation

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 18PE: Verify that the linear speed of an ultracentrifuge is about 0.50 km/s, and Earth in its orbit is...

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