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Mandarinka [93]
3 years ago
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The Hubble Space Telescope is stabilized to within an angle of about 2-millionths of a degree by means of a series of gyroscopes

that spin at 19,200 rpm. Although the structure of these gyroscopes is actually quite complex, we can model each of the gyroscopes as a thin-walled cylinder of mass 2.0 kg and diameter 5.0 cm, spinning about its central axis. How large a torque would it take to cause these gyroscopes to precess through an angle of 1.0×10−6 degree during a 5.0-hour exposure of a galaxy?
Physics
1 answer:
Likurg_2 [28]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

The answer to the question is;

The required torque that it would take to cause the gyroscopes to precess through an angle of 1.0×10−6 degree during a 5.0-hour exposure of a galaxy is 2.44 ×10⁻¹² N·m  

Explanation:

To solve the question we first resolve the units of the given quantities as follows

The gyroscopes spin at 19,200 rpm that is 19,200 revolutions per minute

1 revolution = 2π rad and

1 minute = 60 seconds

Therefore 19,200 revolutions per minute = 2π×19,200÷60 rad/s

= 2010.619 rad/s

The angle of precess is given as 1.0×10⁻⁶ °. We convert the angle to radians as follows

360 ° = 2π radians

1 ° = \frac{\pi }{180} radians and

1.0×10⁻⁶ ° =  \frac{\pi }{180} radians × 1.0×10⁻⁶ ° = 1.745×10⁻⁸ rad

To find the torque we note that the torque is given by

Precession angular speed × The moment of inertia × angular velocity

The precession angular speed is given by \frac{Precession. Angle}{time}

The precession angle was determined in rad as 1.745×10⁻⁸ rad

The precession time is 5 hours which is equal to 5×60×60 = 18000 s

Therefore the precession velocity = \frac{1.745*10^{-8} rad}{18000 s} =  9.696×10⁻¹³ rad/s

The moment of inertia is given by

Formula for the moment of inertia of a thin walled cylinder I = m·r²

Where:

r = Radius of the gyroscope = Diameter/2 = 5.0 cm/2 = 2.5 cm = ‪0.025‬ m

m = Mass of each gyroscopes = 2.0 kg

Therefore I = m·r² = 2.0 kg × (0.025‬ m)² = 0.00125 kg·m²

Torque, τ = Ω·I·ω

Where:

Ω = Precession velocity = 9.696×10⁻¹³ rad/s

I = Moment of inertia = 0.00125 kg·m²

ω = Angular speed = 2010.619 rad/s

τ = 9.696×10⁻¹³ rad/s × 0.00125 kg·m² × 2010.619 rad/s =

2.44 ×10⁻¹² kg·m²/ s² =   2.44 ×10⁻¹² N·m  

The required torque is 2.44 ×10⁻¹² N·m.

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