(I) Neptune is an average distance of 4.5x109 km from theSun. Estimate the length of the Neptunian year using thefact that the Earth is 1.50x108 km from the Sun on average.

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A: Given  Radius of orbit = R = 4.86*107 m  Angular separation = 4.9 degree  Acr length ,L = ???

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Q: The angle between the two radii of a circle of radius 2 m is 0.60 rad. What length of arc is…

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Q: If a planet with 1.5 times the mass of Earth was traveling in Earth’s orbit, what would its period…

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Q: 20.Let planet A have a mass of 5.44 x 1045 kg and planet B have a mass of 2.77 x 1033 kg. If they…

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Q: Taking the age of Earth to be about 4 ✕ 109 years and assuming its orbital radius of 1.5 ✕ 1011 m…

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Q: The radius of the Earth is about 6,000 km.  My weight on the surface of the Earth is 950 N.  At…

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Q: There are two metal spheres on a table, and they are 1.5 m apart. Each sphere has a mass of 0.25 kg…

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Q: A satellite in earth orbit has perigee and apogee radii of r, espectively. Find its true anomaly 40…

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Q: Two uniform spheres, each with mass M and radius R, touch each other. What is the magnitude of their…

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Q: When a falling meteoroid is at a distance above the Earth's surface of 3.10 times the Earth's…

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Q: (II) Determine the mass of the Earth from the knownperiod and distance of the Moon.

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Q: Would the force from the earth increase or decrease if the mass was kept constant but the radius of…

A: we know gravitational force of earth is 9.8 m/s2  g=GMR2= 9.8 m/s2     here , G= 6.67 *10-11 N m2…

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A: when satellite revolves gravitational force provides centripetal force. Hence GMm/r2  = mv2 /r

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Q: Out of aphelion and perihelion , where is the speed of the Earth more and why?

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Q: if the moon's distance were increased from the earth, would the gravitational force increase or…

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Q: How will you ‘weigh the sun’, that is estimate its mass? The mean orbital radius of the earth around…

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Q: Suppose the Sun suddenly collapsed to half its current radius, with its mass remaining the same.…

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Q: An asteroid has speed 17.5 km/s when it is located 2.40 AU from the sun. At its closest approach, it…

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Special Relativity

The theory of special relativity discusses how space and time are related to objects traveling along a straight line at a constant speed. Simply stated, as an object reaches the speed of light, its mass becomes infinite and it is unable to move faster than light. This interstellar speed limit has been the topic of much debate in astronomy, and also in science fiction when people consider how to fly over large distances.