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Originally Posted by marco  I didnt know under what category to post this so here goes...
I have formulas but confusd which to use when. pls help. Maybe u can direct which formula to use and i will proceed from there.
Uranus orbits the Sun with an orbital radius of 2.56 x 107 m. Given that the mass of the Sun 1.99 x 1030 kg, calculate the period of Uranus’s orbit in seconds.
Venus orbits the Sun with an orbital radius of 6.05 x 106 m. Given that the mass of the Sun is 1.99 x 1030 kg, calculate the orbital velocity of Venus
Calculate the force of gravitational attraction between two spheres of mass 50.0 kg and 75.0 kg that are 20.8 m apart
A satellite orbits Pluto 1.20 x 105 m above its surface. Given that the mass of Pluto is 1.25 x 1022 kg and the radius of Pluto is 1.20 x 108 m, calculate the period of orbit of the satellite in seconds.
The Moon has an orbital period of 27.3 days around Earth and a mean distance of 3.84 ´ 105 km from Earth’s center. Use Kepler’s laws to find the orbital period of an artificial satellite orbiting Earth at a distance of 2.55 x104 km from the center of Earth
The distance between Pluto and the Sun is 57.2 times more than the distance between the Sun and Earth. Calculate the time taken by Pluto to orbit the Sun in Earth days.
Find the magnitude of the force required to accelerate an electron of mass 5.30 x 10 -3 kg from rest to a speed of 0.8 x 1010 m/s for a distance of 2.50 cm? |
What have you been able to do with them?
For example, the first and second problems deal with circular motion with a constant speed. So it's a good bet that the centripetal force will come into play. In this case there is only one force on Uranus (gravity) so that must be the net force. Thus
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Which leads to
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Now that you have
[LaTeX Error: Can't write to directory] the rest is simple. Just find T:
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Try that on problem 2 and let us know where you are with the other problems.
-Dan