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Gravity is what holds us down on the earth's (or moon's) surface. If you were to weigh yourself on a scale on Earth and then on the moon, the weight read on the moon would be 1/6 your earth weight
Pluto is classified as a dwarf planet!
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Going from earth to the sun a probe would encounter the next layers in order:
- Corona
- Transition Region
- Chromosphere
- Photosphere
- Convection Zone
- Radiative Zone
- Core
A brief description of them:
Corona is the outermost layer and it cannot be seen with the naked eye, is starts at about 2100 km from the surface of the sun and it has no limit defined.
Transition Region is between the corona and the chromosphere, it has an extension of about 100km
The chromosphere is between 400 km from the surface of the sun to 2100 km. In this layer the further you get away from the sun it gets hotter.
The photosphere is the surface of the sun, the part that we can see, and extends from the surface to 400km.
The convection zone is where convection happens, hot gas rises, cools and rises again.
Radiative Zone is where the photons try to rise to move to higher layers.
The core of the Sun is where nuclear fusion occurs due to the very high temperatures.
The distance starting from the point to the lighthouse would be regarded as the hypotenuse.
And also will be the radius of the circle the beam of light is generating at that point.
So get the radius first
r = sqrt (1^2 + 5^2)
r = 5.099 km
find the circumference:
C = 2*pi * 5.099 km
C = 2 * 16.01898094
C = 32.04 km
Then find the speed in km/sec
One revolution: 60/2 = 30 sec per revolution
Speed = 32.04 km/30 sec
S = 1.068 km/sec is the speed of light
