C. Democritus was a Greek philosopher who defined the concept of atoms and is the only one of the answer choices who lived during that time period.
Answer:
There are actually three, Kepler’s laws that is, of planetary motion: 1) every planet’s orbit is an ellipse with the Sun at a focus; 2) a line joining the Sun and a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal times; and 3) the square of a planet’s orbital period is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit. As it’s the third which is most often used, Kepler’s law usually means Kepler’s third law (of planetary motion).
Explanation:
Kepler's third law would tell us that Halley's comet has an average distance much greater than that of the Earth. However, there is a time in Halley's comet's orbit that brings it closer to the Sun than the Earth. Kepler's third law is a mathematical relation between a planet's period and its average distance.
Answer:
A) 1.88 * 10^17 m
B) 1.22 * 10^34 J
C) 1.95 * 10^34 J
Explanation:
Parameters given:
Mass of planet = 7.00 * 10^25 kg
Radius of orbit = 6.00 * 10^11 m
Force exerted on planet = 6.51 * 10^22 N
Velocity of planet = 2.36 * 10^4 m/s
A) The distance traveled by the planet is half of the circumference of the orbit (which is circular).
The circumference of the orbit is
C = 2 * pi * R
R = radius of orbit
C = 2 * 3.142 * 6.0 * 10¹¹
C = 3.77 * 10¹² m
Hence, distance traveled will be:
D = 0.5 * 3.77 * 10¹²
D = 1.88 * 10 ¹² m/s
B) Work done is given as:
W = F * D
W = 652 * 10²² * 1.88 * 10¹¹
W = 1.22 * 10³⁴ J
C) Change in Kinetic energy is given as:
K. E. = 0.5 * m * v²
K. E. = 0.5 * 7 * 10^25 * (2.36 * 10^4)²
K. E. = 1.95 * 10³⁴ J
Refer to the diagram shown below.
Given:
R = 6.37 x 10⁶ m, the radius of the earth
h = 3.58 x 10⁷ m, the height of the satellite above the earth's surface.
Therefore
R + h = 4.217 x 10⁷ m
In geosynchronous orbit, the period of rotation is 1 day.
Therefore the period is
T = (24 h)*(60 min/h)*(60 s/min) = 86400 s
The angular velocity is
ω = (2π rad)/(86400 s) = 7.2722 x 10⁻⁵ rad/s
Part (a)
The tangential speed is
v = (R+h)*ω
= (4.217 x 10⁷ m)*(7.2722 x 10⁻⁵ rad/s)
= 3066.7 m/s
= 3.067 km/s
Part (b)
The centripetal acceleration is
a = v²/(R+h)
= (3066.7 m/s)²/(4.217 x 10⁷ m)
= 0.223 m/s²
Answers:
(a) The speed is 3.067 km/s
(b) The acceleration is 0.223 m/s²