Sam and Sally are traveling aboard a spacecraft that approaches the asteroid Ceres within 14,000 kilometers. Sally will experience 1.989 × 10⁻¹¹ N of force.
<h3>What is the gravitational force?</h3>Newton's law of gravity states that each particle having mass in the universe attracts each other particle with a force known as the gravitational force.
The gravitational force is proportional to the product of the masses of the two bodies and inversely proportional to the square of their distance.
Given data
Mass of asteroid ,m₁ = 8.7 1020 kg
Mass of sally,m₂ = 67 kg
Gravitational constant,G = 6.6 × 10⁻¹¹ kg⁻² m²
Distance of seperation,R = 14,000 km
Hence, the force Sally experiences will be 1.989 × 10⁻¹¹ N.
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