On the Moon, the acceleration due to the effect of gravity is only about 1/6 of that on Earth. An astronaut whose weight on Eart
h is 620 N travels to the lunar surface. (a) What is his weight as measured on the Moon(b) What is his mass on the Moon?
2 answers:
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Answer:
a = 9.94 m/s²
Explanation:
given,
density at center= 1.6 x 10⁴ kg/m³
density at the surface = 2100 Kg/m³
volume mass density as function of distance
r is the radius of the spherical shell
dr is the thickness
volume of shell
mass of shell
now,
integrating both side
we know,
a = 9.94 m/s²