3.113 A heat pump is under consideration for heating a research station located on Antarctica ice shelf. The interior of the sta
tion is to be kept at 15℃. Determine the maximum theoretical rate of heating provided by a heat pump, in ????W p???????? ????W of power input in each of two cases: The role of the cold reservoir is played by (a) the atmosphere at −20℃, (b) ocean water at 5℃.
Nope. It's called 'centripetal' acceleration. The force that created it MAY be gravitational, but it doesn't have to be. For things on the surface of the Earth moving in circles, it's never gravity.