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Pani-rosa [81]
3 years ago
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The intensity of the Sun's light in the vicinity of the Earth is about 1000W/m^2. Imagine a spacecraft with a mirrored square sa

il of dimension 5.5 km. Estimate how much thrust (in newtons) this craft will experience due to collisions with the Sun's photons. [Hint: assume the photons bounce off the sail with no change in the magnitude of their momentum.}
Physics
1 answer:
NeX [460]3 years ago
8 0

Explanation:

Formula to represent thrust is as follows.

             F = \frac{dP}{dt}

                = \frac{2p}{dt}

or,           p = \frac{E}{c}

         \frac{p}{dt} = \frac{W}{c}

                  F = \frac{2IA}{c}

                     = \frac{2 (1000 W/m^{2})(5.5 \times 10^{3} m)^{2}}{3 \times 10^{8} m/s}

                     = 201.67 N

Thus, we can conclude that the thrust is 201.67 N.

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