Please help me answer part a) in T and part b) in m. (a) A cosmic-ray proton in interstellar space has an energy of 16.0 Mev and executes a circular orbit having a radius equal to that of Venus' orbit around the Sun (1.08 x 1011 m). What is the magnetic field (in T) in that region of space?(b) What If? The cosmic ray proton enters our solar system where the interplanetary magnetic field has a magnitude of 5.00 nT and is perpendicular to the velocity of the proton. What is the radius (in m) of the proton's circular orbit in this field?m

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(a) A cosmic-ray proton in interstellar space has an energy of 16.0 Mev and executes a circular orbit having a radius equal to that of Venus' orbit around the Sun (1.08 x 1011 m). What is the magnetic field (in T) in that region of space? T (b) What If? The cosmic ray proton enters our solar system where the interplanetary magnetic field has a magnitude of 5.00 nT and is perpendicular to the velocity of the proton. What is the radius (in m) of the proton's circular orbit in this field?

(a) A cosmic-ray proton in interstellar space has an energy of 16.0 Mev and executes a circular orbit having a radius equal to that of Venus' orbit around the Sun (1.08 x 1011 m). What is the magnetic field (in T) in that region of space? T (b) What If? The cosmic ray proton enters our solar system where the interplanetary magnetic field has a magnitude of 5.00 nT and is perpendicular to the velocity of the proton. What is the radius (in m) of the proton's circular orbit in this field?

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Chapter22: Magnetic Forces And Magnetic Fields

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Problem 10P: A cosmic-ray proton in interstellar space has an energy of 10.0 MeV and executes a circular orbit...

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