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Q: Calculate the period of a satellite orbiting the Moon, 100 km above the Moon's surface. Ignore…

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Q: What would happen to an orbiting planet if all of sudden it comes to standstill?

A: While a satellite orbits around a planet, there exists an equilibrium balance between the…

Q: describe a geosynchronous satellite.

A: Geosynchronous means that matches the earth's  orbit.

Q: You read in an article about astronauts in a major magazine that “about 62 miles up, the atmosphere…

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Q: What is acceleration? What is gravitational acceleration?

A: Acceleration : Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity with respect to time but…

Q: Earth’s escape velocity is 11 km/s at its surface.  An unknown planet has a mass that is 100 times…

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Q: An asteroid orbiting the sun has a semi major axis of 3.0 AU. What is the period of its orbit in…

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Q: Explain circular satellite orbits?

A: The circular satellite orbits are the orbits which are moving in the same direction as the Earth.…

Q: How does Earth's curvature relate to the speed needed for a projectile to orbit Earth?

A: An object falls about 5 m in the 1st second on free fall, the Earth curves downward 5 meters every…

Q: An astronaut tosses a rock on the Moon. What forces acts on moon during its curved path?

A: When a rock is tossed on the Moon, the only force acting on it is the gravitational force of…

Q: Calculate the period of a satellite orbiting the Moon, 94 km above the Moon's surface. Ignore…

A: Distance of satellite from moon surface is d = 94 km  Radius of the moon is R = 1740 km

Q: What is the relation of the tensions in crossed belt?

A: To raise the friction and avoid slip, some initial tension is required in the belt. Even when the…

Q: What is superforce?

A: Super force: Super force may refer to the special theory of electromagnetism, gravity, weak forces…

Q: is gravitational instability

A: Gravitation or just gravity is the force of attraction between any two bodies. All the objects in…

Q: Rank the microtidal forces on your own body, from greatest to least, produced by the a. Moon. b.…

A: Micro tidal forces applying on body is maximum by earth. Distance between body and earth is so less…

Q: What is perigee of the orbit?

A: When a satellite revolves a non circular orbit around the earth, the path of the satellite will be…

Q: What is the angular velocity of an object that completes 1.5 circular orbits in half a minute?

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Q: Let's define the gravitational pull between Earth and the Sun as 1 Earth-pull. What is the pull that…

A: The gravitational pull between the Earth and Sun is

Q: Are the orbits of the planets on the same plane? * False O True

A: The answer to the given problem is

Q: for orbital velocity, do you always add 6400 km to the altitude of orbit?

A: Orbital velocity is,

Q: At what height accleration due to gravity is three fourth of that at the surface of the earth?

A: Given We have to find the height at which the acceleration due to gravity is three fourth of the…

Q: How could you determine mass of planet such as Venus which has no Moon?

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Q: Calculate the acceleration due to gravity at Earth due to the Moon. (b) Calculate the acceleration…

A: The acceleration due to gravity is given as, Here, G denotes the acceleration due to gravity and M…

Q: ommon center of mass, which is located about 4700 km from the center of Earth. (This is 1690 km…

A: GivenR=4700 km=4.7×106 m

Q: wo 571-kg masses are 29.1-m apart. According to Newton's Law of Gravitation, what is the…

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Q: A mini satellite weighing 50 kg is going to be launched into an orbit around earth by a rocket. One…

A: Given: Mass of satellite: m=50 [kg]. Height from earth`s surface: h'=3.5 [km]=3500 [m]. Satellite…

Q: Two planets are never seen at midnight. Which two, and why?

A: Venus and Mercury are the two planets that can never be seen at midnight.

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: hy is the force of earths gravity so strong

A: gravity is the force by which earth attract any body towards its center  g is directly  proportional…

Q: Two planets are never seen midinight, which two and why?

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Q: )Calculate the accelration o gravity. on A.) the earth. B.) the Moon. c) aneutron star.

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Q: Using the formula for gravity, show that the force of gravity on a 1-kg mass at Earth's surface is…

A: according to coulombs law The gravitational force between 1 kg object and Earth is F = GMm/r2…

Q: What is difference between open and closed orbits?

A: close orbit : a close orbit is one in which the orbiting body will eventually return to the same…

Q: How do we calculate gravity at higher elevations on earth?

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Q: According to Kepler’s Law, planets have elliptical orbits, with the sun at one foci. The farthest…

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Q: revolves around the earth at o A 1000 km. The radius of the earth is 6.38 × 10° km. Mas earth is 6 ×…

A: Orbital velocity is the velocity at which a body revolves around the other body.  Here, we calculate…