(a) What is the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Moon? (b) On the surface of Mars? The mass of Mars is 6.418×1023kg and its radius is 3.38×106m.

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Q: Find the distance of a point from the earth's centre where the resultant gravitational field due to…

A: GivenMass of earth ,me=6.4×1024 kgMass of moon ,mm=7.4×1022 kgDistance between earth and Moon…

Q: An exoplanet has three times the mass and half the radius of the Earth. Find the acceleration due to…

A: mass of exoplanet = 3 times the mass of earthradius of exoplanet = 12 times the radius of earth

Q: The dwarf planet Pluto has a radius of 1.15 x 10^6 m and a mass of 1.2x10^22 kg . What is the value…

A: Given data: Radius of Pluto (r) = 1.15x106 m Mass of Pluto (m) = 1.2x1022 kg Need to determine the…

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Q: What is the ratio of Earth's gravitational force on a satellite when it is on the ground to the…

A: Given Altitude h = 5.29 km = 5.29 x 103 m Known Radius of earth r = 6371 km = 6371 x 103 m

Q: Jupiter has a mass approximately 300 times greater than Earth's and a radius about 11 times greater.…

A: Given data The mass of the Jupiter is given as mj = 300 x me. The radius of the Jupiter is given as…

Q: The mean diameter of the planet Uranus is 5.11 ✕ 107 m, and the acceleration due to gravity at its…

A: Mean diameter of planet Uranus = 5.11 × 107 m  Acceleration due to gravity at surface = 8.87 m/s2

Q: The gravitational force between two spherical masses, M1 = 20kg and M2 = 25kg is 8.84 * 10-7 Nt.…

A: Given that Mass M1 = 20 kg Mass M2 = 25 kg Gravitational force F = 8.85 X 10-7 N Assume that the…

Q: Planet Z-1 has a mass equal to one-third that of the Earth and a radius equal to one- third that of…

A: Given data: Mass of earth = M Mass of planet Z-1 (M1) = (1/3)M Radius of earth = R Radius of planet…

Q: A 20 kg satellite has a circular orbit with a period of 2.4 hand a radius of 8.0 * 10^6 m around a…

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Q: The tallest spot on Earth is Mt. Everest, which is 8850 m above sea level. If the radius of Earth to…

A: Given data:  Altitude above sea level (h) = 8850 m Radius of earth (R) = 6369 km = 6369000 m…

Q: The escape speed from a distant planet is 33 km/s. If the acceleration of gravity on the planet…

A: Let us consider the escape velocity to be vesc. The required  velocity to cross a distance equal to…

Q: If the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth is g, then the acceleration due to…

A: Given: The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of Earth is g. The mass of Earth is m. The…

Q: A 33.0 kg satellite has a circular orbit with a period of 2.60 h and a radius of 7.90 × 106 m around…

A: Given quantities Gravitational acceleration = 8.20m/s^2 Time period = 2.60h mass of satellite = 33kg…

Q: Determine the gravitational acceleration at a distance of 2 x 106 m directly above the surface of…

A: The object’s weight is the gravitational force on the object by the planet. The planet’s gravitation…

Q: What is the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of Mars? The mass of Mars is 6.42 ✕ 1023 kg…

A: the acceleration due to gravity can be expressed as g=GMR2

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A: Given: The mass of the hypothetical planet is half of the mass of the Earth. The radius of the…

Q: What is the gravitational field strength of the Earth 55300 meters from the surface of the Earth?

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Q: The mass of a planet is one third that of the earth and the diameter of the planet is six times that…

A: Given,      mP=me3                dP=6 de

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A: (given) Uniform density of Earth = 5540 kg/m3 Distance (d) from the center of the Earth = 5900 km =…

Q: What is the approximate magnitude of the gravitational force exerted by the Sun on the Voyager 1…

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Q: Two spherical objects have masses of 3.1 x 105 kg and 6.5 x 103 kg. The gravitational attraction…

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Q: If the gravitational force is 60 N originally and the distance is increased by a factor of 5, what…

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Q: On a planet whose radius is 1.2 × 107 m , the acceleration due to gravity is 18 m/s2 . What is the…

A: Given data The radius of the planet is r = 1.2 x 107 m. The acceleration due to gravity is g = 18…

Q: A satellite of Mars, called Phobos, has an orbital radius of 9.4 x 10° m and a period of 2.8 x 10*…

A: Orbital speed =(GM/R)1/2

Q: If the gravitational force is 8 N originally and the distance is decreased by a factor of 1/5, what…

A: Given : F = 8 N  d' = d/5

Q: Neutron stars, such as the one at the center of the Crab Nebula, have about the same mass as our sun…

A: Given:- weight = 675 N msun = 1.99 x 1030 kg G = 6.67×10−11 N⋅m2 /kg2 g = 9.8 m/s2 d=21.0 km r =…

Q: A satellite of Mars, called Phoebus, has an orbital radius of 9.4×106 m and a period of 2.8×104 s.…

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Q: At what distance, in kilometers, from the surface ofthe earth on a line from center to center would…

A: Mass of earth, Me = 5.97 x 1024 kg Mass of moon, Mm = 0.0735 x 1024 kg distance between earth and…

Q: A satellite circles the earth in an orbit whose radius is 5.00 times the earth's radius. The earth's…

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Q: Calculate the gravitational acceleration on the surface of a planet that has ½ the mass of the Earth…

A: Mass of Earth = 5.972 ×1024kg Mass of the planet M= 5.972×1024kg/2=2.986×1024kg Radius of Earth…

Q: On a planet whose radius is 1.7 ✕ 107 m, the acceleration due to gravity is 47 m/s2. What is the…

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Q: ) The mass m, of one of the small spheres of a Cavendish balance is 0.0100 kg, the mass m, of the…

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Q: On a planet whose radius is 1.80 × 104 km, the acceleration due to gravity is 16.5 m/s?. What is the…

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Q: If an object at the surface of the Earth has a weight W, what would be the weight of the object if…

A: The weight of the body on Earth is W. If m is the mass of the object its weight W=mg The…

Q: Earth’s gravitational field strength at the surface is 9.80 N/kg. Determine the distance, as a…

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Q: Planet X has a mass 5 times Earth's mass and a radius twice Earth's radius?  If the acceleration due…

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Q: Given that the acceleration of gravity at the surface of Mars is 0.41 of what it is on Earth, and…

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Q: An undiscovered planet, many light-years from Earth, has one moon, which has a nearly circular…

A: Given: mass of the planet, M=7.3×1022 kg height of moon from the planet, h=2.405×105 km Radius of…

Q: The magnitude of the gravitational field on the surface of a particular planet is 1/2g. The planet’s…

A: strength of gravitational field, g=GMR2where, G-gravitational constant           M-mass of planet…

Q: If the gravitational force is 64 N originally and the distance is increased by a factor of 4, what…

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Q: A satellite of Mars, called Phobos, has an orbital radius of 9.4 ✕ 106 m and a period of 2.8 ✕ 104…

A: The time period for photos is given as,

Q: A planet with mass 10 x 1024 kg orbits a sun with a period of 1 Earth's years. The speed of the…

A: Given  mass of planet(mp)=1025 kg time period(T)=1 earth’s year =31536000 seconds velocity of…