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weeeeeb [17]
3 years ago
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An exoplanet is in an elliptical orbit around a distant star. At its closest approach, the exoplanet is 0.540 AU from the star a

nd has a speed of 54.0 km/s. When the exoplanet is at its farthest distance from the star of 41.0 AU, what is its speed (in km/s)? (1 AU is the average distance from the Earth to the Sun and is equal to 1.496 ✕ 1011 m. You may assume that other planets and smaller objects in the star system exert negligible forces on the exoplanet.)
Physics
1 answer:
atroni [7]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

0.71121 km/s

Explanation:

v_1 = Velocity of planet initially = 54 km/s

r_1 = Distance from star = 0.54 AU

v_2 = Final velocity of planet

r_2 = Final distance from star = 41 AU

As the angular momentum of the system is conserved

mv_1r_1=mv_2r_2\\\Rightarrow v_1r_1=v_2r_2\\\Rightarrow v_2=\frac{v_1r_1}{r_2}\\\Rightarrow v_2=\frac{54\times 0.54}{41}\\\Rightarrow v_2=0.71121\ km/s

When the exoplanet is at its farthest distance from the star the speed is 0.71121 km/s.

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