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3 years ago

How and why planets orbit the sun and how and why a planets speed changes orbit

Physics

2 answers:

anygoal [31]3 years ago

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the gravitonal pull

Explanation:

Brut [27]3 years ago

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The details are very long and complicated. The simplest way I can answer those 4 questions is: That's the way gravity works.

If you take Newton's law of gravity and his three laws of motion, and massage them properly using some geometry and some calculus, you can show that planets MUST move like Kepler's laws say they do, and like what we see them actually doing in the sky.

(I used to be able to do this, but it's been a while.)

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A comet is in an elliptical orbit around the Sun. Its closest approach to the Sun is a distance of 4.8 1010 m (inside the orbit

creativ13 [48]

Answer:

Explanation:

From the given information:

Distance $d_i = 4.8 \times 10^{10} \ m$

Speed of the comet $V_i = 9.1 \times 10^{4} \ m/s$

At distance $d_2 = 6 \times 10^{12} \ m$

where;

mass of the sun = $1.98 \times 10^{30}$

$G = 6.67 \times 10^{-11}$

To find the speed $V_f$ :

Using the formula:

$E_f = E_i + W \\ \\ where; \ \ W = 0 \ \ \text{since work done by surrounding is zero (0)}$

$E_f = E_i + 0 \\ \\ K_f + U_f = K_i + U_i \\ \\ = \dfrac{1}{2}mV_f^2 + \dfrac{-GMm}{d^2} = \dfrac{1}{2}mV_i^2+ \dfrac{-GMm}{d_i} \\ \\ V_f = \sqrt{V_i^2 + 2 GM \Big [ \dfrac{1}{d_2}- \dfrac{1}{d_i}\Big ]}$

$V_f = \sqrt{(9.1 \times 10^{4})^2 + 2 (6.67\times 10^{-11}) *(1.98 * 10^{30} ) \Big [ \dfrac{1}{6*10^{12}}- \dfrac{1}{4.8*10^{10}}\Big ]}$

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3 years ago

A car is initially moving at 10.5 m/s and accelerates uniformly to reach a speed of 21.7 m/s in 4.34 s. How far did the car move

Zarrin [17]

Answer:

A. 69.9m

Explanation:

Given parameters:

Initial velocity = 10.5m/s

Final velocity = 21.7m/s

Time = 4.34s

Unknown:

Distance traveled = ?

Solution:

Let us first find the acceleration of the car;

Acceleration = $\frac{v - u}{t}$

v is final velocity

u is initial velocity

t is the time

Acceleration = $\frac{21.7 - 10.5}{4.34}$ = 2.58m/s²

Distance traveled;

V² = U² + 2aS

21.7² = 10.5² + 2 x 2.58 x S

360.64 = 2 x 2.58 x S

S = 69.9m

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4 years ago

Which forces are shown on a free body diagram?

notsponge [240]

Answer:

What is a Free Body Diagram?

The free body diagram helps you understand and solve static and dynamic problem involving forces. It is a diagram including all forces acting on a given object without the other object in the system. You need to first understand all the forces acting on the object and then represent these force by arrows in the direction of the force to be drawn.

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3 years ago

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3 years ago

You are at the edge of a diving board that is 9 meters above the water. If you weigh 500 Newtons, what is your potential energy?

Semenov [28]

Answer:

4500 J

Explanation:

First, let's define some equations and derivations.

Our potential energy formula is:

$\displaystyle U = mgh$

Where m is mass (in kg), g is the gravitational constant (in m/s²), and h is height (in m).

We also know that mg is equal to the weight of an object (in N), from Newton's 2nd Law of Motion: F = ma (Force is equal to [constant] mass times acceleration).

Therefore, we can simply substitute force into the equation: