Imagine you are an astronaut in a circular orbit around the Earth. Let's say you have a mass of 100 kg. You are orbiting at a radial distance of 10,000 km (10 km, or 10' m) from the center of the Earth (Radius of Earth is 6400 km (6.4 x 10° km, or 6.4 x 10 m), so you are 3600 km above the surface). It takes you two hours and 45 minutes to complete each orbit. 7. What is the acceleration of gravity at your location (in m/s)? (Hint: "G*M" for Earth = 4 x 1014)

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Imagine you are an astronaut in a circular orbit around the Earth. Let's say you have a mass of 100 kg.
You are orbiting at a radial distance of 10,000 km (10 km, or 10' m) from the center of the Earth
(Radius of Earth is ~ 6400 km (6.4 x 10° km, or 6.4 x 10° m), so you are ~ 3600 km above the surface).
It takes you two hours and 45 minutes to complete each orbit.
7. What is the acceleration of gravity at your location (in m/s')?
(Hint: "G*M" for Earth = 4 x 10")
8. What was your weight (in Newtons) on Earth?
WE
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9. What is your weight (gravitational force), compared to what it was on Earth?
(in other words, I want the ratio, like your did for # 1-6)
Transcribed Image Text:Format Tools Add-ons Help Last edit was 3 minutes ago | Arlal B IUA 3日ロ,三, ==▼= Normal text 11 1.1 1. 5 1. 7. Imagine you are an astronaut in a circular orbit around the Earth. Let's say you have a mass of 100 kg. You are orbiting at a radial distance of 10,000 km (10 km, or 10' m) from the center of the Earth (Radius of Earth is ~ 6400 km (6.4 x 10° km, or 6.4 x 10° m), so you are ~ 3600 km above the surface). It takes you two hours and 45 minutes to complete each orbit. 7. What is the acceleration of gravity at your location (in m/s')? (Hint: "G*M" for Earth = 4 x 10") 8. What was your weight (in Newtons) on Earth? WE = 9. What is your weight (gravitational force), compared to what it was on Earth? (in other words, I want the ratio, like your did for # 1-6)
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