Essential University Physics
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Author: Wolfson, Richard
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Chapter 29, Problem 75PP
A sail capable of propelling a spacecraft to the outer solar system must be able to overcome the Sun's gravity. Suppose a spacecraft is designed so the force of sunlight on its sail is 20 times that of solar gravity in the vicinity of Earth's orbit If the spacecraft reaches Jupiter, some 5 times as far from the Sun as Earth.
- a. the sail force will still exceed solar gravity, now by a factor of 4.
- b. the sail force will be slightly less than solar gravity.
- c. the sail force will now be 25 times solar gravity.
- d. the sail force will still be 20 times solar gravity.
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