Measuring the Orbital Speeds of Planets
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Answer:
r = 4.24x10⁴ km.
Explanation:
To find the radius of such an orbit we need to use Kepler's third law:
<em>where T₁: is the orbital period of the geosynchronous Earth satellite = 1 d, T₂: is the orbital period of the moon = 0.07481 y, r₁: is the radius of such an orbit and r₂: is the orbital radius of the moon = 3.84x10⁵ km. </em>
From equation (1), r₁ is:
Therefore, the radius of such an orbit is 4.24x10⁴ km.
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Answer:
G = 6,786 10⁻¹¹ m³ / s² kg
Explanation:
The law of universal gravitation is
F = G m M/ r²
Where G is the gravitational constant, m and M are the masses of the bodies and r is the distance from their centers
Let's use Newton's second law
F = m a
The acceleration is centripetal
a =
We replace
G m M / r² = m
G = r² / M
Let's replace and calculate
G = 2.7 10⁻³ (3.88 10⁸)² / 5.99 10²⁴
G = 6,786 10⁻¹¹ m³ / s² kg
Let's perform a dimensional analysis
[N m²/kg²] = [kg m/s² m² / kg²] = [m³ / s² kg]