Answer
acceleration due to gravity on Jupiter's moon,g' = 1.81 m/s²
weight of water melon on earth, W = 40 N
acceleration due to gravity on earth, g = 9.8 m/s²
a) Mass on the earth surface
M = 4.08 Kg
b) Mass on the surface of Lo
Mass of an object remain same.
Hence, mass of object at the surface of Lo = 4.08 Kg.
c) Weight at the surface of Lo
W' = m g'
W' =4.08 x 1.81
W' = 7.38 N
Answer:
a) m = 69.0 kg
b) release some gas in the opposite direction to the astronaut's movement
Explanation:
a) Let's use Newton's second law
F = m a
m = F / a
m = 60.0 / 0.870
m = 69.0 kg
b) when we exert a force on the astronaut it acquires a momentum po, as the astronaut system plus spacecraft is isolated, the momentum is conserved
p₀ = p_f
m v = M v '
v ’=
so we see that the ship is moving backwards, but since the mass of the ship is much greater than the mass of the astronaut, the speed of the ship is very small.
One method to avoid this effect is to release some gas in the opposite direction to the astronaut's movement so that the initial momentum of the astronaut plus the gas is zero and therefore no movement is created in the spacecraft.