The moon is about 3.8 X 10^5 km from the earth. Show that its average orbital speed about earth is 1026 m/s
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The rest energy of a particle is
where
is the rest mass of the particle and c is the speed of light.
The total energy of a relativistic particle is
where v is the speed of the particle.
We want the total energy of the particle to be twice its rest energy, so that
which means:
From which we find the ratio between the speed of the particle v and the speed of light c:
So, the particle should travel at 0.87c in order to have its total energy equal to twice its rest energy.
where
The total energy of a relativistic particle is
where v is the speed of the particle.
We want the total energy of the particle to be twice its rest energy, so that
which means:
From which we find the ratio between the speed of the particle v and the speed of light c:
So, the particle should travel at 0.87c in order to have its total energy equal to twice its rest energy.