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KATRIN_1 [288]
3 years ago
10

Suppose the earth suddenly came to halt and ceased revolving around the sun. The gravitational force would then pull it directly

to the sun. What would be the earth's speed as it crashed?
Physics
1 answer:
AleksAgata [21]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

613373.65233 m/s

Explanation:

M = Mass of Sun = 1.989\times 10^{30}\ kg

m = Mass of Earth

v = Velocity of Earth

r = Distance between Earth and Sun = 147.12\times 10^{9}\ m

r_e = Radius of Earth = 6.371\times 10^6\ m

r_s = Radius of Sun = 695.51\times 10^6\ m

In this system it is assumed that the potential and kinetic energies are conserved

\dfrac{1}{2}Mv_2-\dfrac{GMm}{r_e+r_s}=0-\dfrac{GMm}{r}\\\Rightarrow v=\sqrt{2GM(\dfrac{1}{r_e+r_s}-\dfrac{1}{r})}\\\Rightarrow v=\sqrt{2\times 6.67\times 10^{-11}\times 1.989\times 10^{30}(\dfrac{1}{6.371\times 10^6+695.51\times 10^6}-\dfrac{1}{147.12\times 10^{9}})}\\\Rightarrow v=613373.65233\ m/s

The velocity of Earth would be 613373.65233 m/s

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