Saturn orbits the Sun at a distance of 9.58 times the distance from the Earth to the Sun. How long does a year last on Saturn?

Q: At aphelion, a planet's tangential velocity O a will be equal to its average tangential velocity b…

A: To find: Planet's tangential velocity at aphelion=??

Q: Kearney's Comet has a radius of 403. km and orbits the solar system (goes around the Sun) in a…

A: Given Data: The radius of a Kearney's Comet is, r=403 km The mass of a Comet is, m=8.45×1015 kg The…

Q: If G = 6.674 ⨉ 10 −11m3/kg/s 2and M Earth= 5.972 ⨉ 10 24kg and the sidereal period of the Earth is…

A: Given : Mass of Earth: 5.972×1024 kg G=6.674×10-11 m3/kg/s Period T=27.32 days

Q: A planet has two small satellites in circular orbits around the planet. The first satellite has a…

A: The orbital period for the first satellite is, T1=11 hr The orbital period for the second satellite…

Q: An asteroid orbits the sun in a circle with a period P of 12 years. About how far from the Sun is…

A: period of asteroid  around sun = 12 years period of earth around sun = 1 year distance of earth from…

Q: calculate the period of an earth satellite moving in a circular orbit 1200 km above the earth's…

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Q: Calculate the time period of a satellite revolving near the surface of earth. Given radius of earth…

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Q: Kearney's Comet has a radius of 177. km and orbits the solar system (goes around the Sun) in a…

A: Write the given values with suitable variables. R=177 kmM=1.16×1015 kgr=5.68×1012 m Here, R, M, and…

Q: One satellite around Neptune has an orbital radius of 3.50 x 10^7 m and an orbital period of 4.42 h.…

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Q: Given: Distance of Venus to sun is 1.08×1011 m and the distance of mars to sun is 2.3x1011 m (688…

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Q: How much time does it take the Moon to travel around the Earth? 384,400 km .. ........... Mass of…

A: Given Mass of the Earth is M=5.972×1024  kg Distance between the Earth and the Moon is a=384400×103…

Q: Calculate the mass of an astronaut that weighs 291N on the surface of the moon; the gravity of the…

A: The expression for mass in term of weight is m=Wg=W16gE

Q: What is the orbital period of a planet with an average orbital distance of approximately 1000 AU…

A: The motion of the planet is uniform circular motion. Therefore, the force equation along radial…

Q: How does the earth orbit the sun without losing energy?

A: The earth orbits around the sun without losing energy as the total energy of an orbiting systems is…

Q: A comet has an orbit about the Sun whose semi-major axis is 17 AU.  What is the period of its orbit?

A: The period (T) in years can be calculated using the relation given by Kepler's law. As semi major…

Q: Find the mass of Saturn based on the fact that one of its moons, Titan, has an average orbital…

A: Given: The average orbital radius of the moon is 1.222x106 km. The period of the moon is 15.945…

Q: The moon has a period of 27.3 days and a mean distance of 3.9 x 10 ^5 km from the center of the…

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Q: A comet has an orbit about the Sun whose semi-major axis is 21 AU.  What is the period of its orbit?

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Q: The Great Red Patch is a huge, oval, crimson spot on Jupiter. On how to anticipate the planet's…

A: Jupiter great red spot is  Gigantic storm that is about twice as wide as earth  circling the planet…

Q: At aphelion, a planet's tangential velocity a will be equal to its average tangential velocity will…

A: Answer:- (c)  Will be at its least.  Because  The planet is at maximum distance from the sun .…

Q: The orbit of Comet UX209 about the Sun is not a circle but it orbits once every 365 days, just as…

A: Orbital bodies sweep a constant volume per unit time. Hence, speed of a planet is faster at…

Q: Ganymede is a moon of Jupiter (mass = 1.90 x 1027 kg). It orbits Jupiter in a circle of radius 1.07…

A: Given Mass of Jupiter M =1.9*1027 kg   Radius r = 1.07*109 m

Q: What are the speed and altitude of a geosynchronous satellite orbiting Mars? Mars rotates on its…

A: Given data The mass of the mars is given as Mm = 6.42 x 1023 kg. The time of rotation is given as T…

Q: PLANETARY MOTION: Supply the missing value for the eccentricities of the planets Aphelion Perihelion…

A: If a= semi major axis and e is the eccentricity then Aphelion = a(1+e) and Perihelion = a(1-e) We…

Q: What is the radial acceleration (m/s) of mercury if orbital period is 88 days and orbit radius is…

A: The given values are,

Q: Calculate the period T of a planet whose orbit has a semimajor axis of 33AU

A: The expression for the required time period is,

Q: the moon is 3.84 x10^8 meters on the average from earth. It takes the moon 27.32 days to complete…

A: Both satellite orbiting the earth. Therefore we can use Kepler's third law- According to Kepler's…

Q: A certain planet has a radius of 4990 km. If, on the surface of that planet, a 95.0 kg object has a…

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Q: The weight of an object at the surface of a planet is proportional to planet's mass and inversely…

A: The expression for the weight of an object on Earth is,

Q: What would be the period of an object orbiting the sun with a semimajor axis of 15AU?

A: Given Data The length of the semimajor axis is r = 15 AU According to the third equation for…

Q: The distance of the Earth to the Sun is 1 AU. Suppose an steroid is in circular orbit around the sun…

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Q: Jupiter has a 320 times bigger mass and a 1320 times bigger volume than Earth, and its day lasts 9…

A: mass of jupiter (m) = 320×mass of earth = 320×6×1024 kg = 1.92×1027 kg

Q: Which of the following statements is correct regarding Kepler's three laws of planetary motion?…

A: Let's check each option one by one Angular momentum of any planet about an axis through the sun and…

Q: the period of a moving rock in a horizonal circle with a radio of 2m is 1.00s. find its tangential…

A: In the given question, Radius of the circle (r) = 2m The time period of circular motion (T) = 1s We…

Q: Kearney's Comet has a radius of 145. km and orbits the solar system (goes around the Sun) in a…

A: radius of comet, r = 145 km mass of comet , m = 7.25 x 1015 kg  distance between sun and comet , R…

Q: Find the mass of Jupiter based on the fact that Io, its innermost moon, has an average orbital…

A: This Problem is based on Kepler's third law of planetary motion. Kepler's third law states that the…

Q: Saturn orbits the Sun at a distance of ng does a year last on Saturn?

A: According to Kepler's  third law, square of time period of planet is directly proportional to the…

Q: Calculate the period T of a planet whose orbit has a semi major axis of 23 AU

A: Given: semi major axis of the planet, a =  23 AU = 23 × 1.496 × 1011  = 3.408 × 1012 m

Q: Eros has an elliptical orbit about the Sun, with a perihelion distance of 1.13 AU and aphelion…

A: Given: The perihelion distance is 1.13 AU. The aphelion distance is 1.78 AU.

Q: The value of acceleration due to gravity varies from place to place on the surface of earth.

A: The value of acceleration due to gravity varies from place to place on the surface of earth because…

Q: The mean distance of a moon from a planet is 2.78×105 miles. Assuming that the orbit of the moon…

A: Given: The mean distance of the moon from the planet is 2.78x105 miles. The time period of the moon…

Q: The moon goes around the earth once every 27.3 days. If the moon could be brought into a new…

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Q: A satellite orbits the Earth at a radius of 2.2×10 7 m. What is its orbital period?

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Q: .What is the orbital period of the satellite? A. 5 176 s B. 5 167 s C. 5 309 s D. 5 390 s

A: height = h = 200 km = 200 x 103 m mass of earth = m = 5.9724 x 1024 kg radius of earth = r = 6378 x…

Q: The table below illustrates data on Kepler's 3rd Law for the first six planets. Jse it to estimate…

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Q: Which of the following are, or follow directly from, Kepler's Laws of planetary motion? Check all…

A: Required : Which of the statements  follow directly from, Kepler's Laws of planetary motion.

Q: Currently, the moon goes around the earth once every 27.3 days. If the moon could be brought into a…

A: Given: Moon takes 27.3 days to go around the earth. To determine: It's orbital period. Definition:…