Neutron stars, such as the one at the center of the Crab Nebula, have about the same mass as our sun but a much smaller diameter. If you weigh 675 N on the earth, what would be your weight on the surface of a neutron star that has the same mass as our sun and a diameter of 18.0 km ?

Neutron stars, such as the one at the center of the Crab Nebula, have about the same mass as our sun but a much smaller diameter. If you weigh 675 N on the earth, what would be your weight on the surface of a neutron star that has the same mass as our sun and a diameter of 18.0 km ?

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Chapter13: Gravitation

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Neutron stars, such as the one at the center of the Crab Nebula, have about the same mass as our sun but a much smaller diameter.

If you weigh 675 N on the earth, what would be your weight on the surface of a neutron star that has the same mass as our sun and a diameter of 18.0 km ?

Take the mass of the sun to be ms = 1.99x1030 kg , the gravitational constant to be G = 6.67×10-11 N · m? /kg? , and the free-
fall acceleration at the earth's surface to be g = 9.8 m/s²
Express your weight wstar in newtons.

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