Homework Help: Physics 1

Posted by John on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 11:19am.

The region of the solar system between Mars and Jupiter contains many asteroids that orbit the Sun. Consider an asteroid in a circular orbit of radius 5.8 1011 m. Find the period of the orbit.
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Physics 1 - Steve, Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 11:50am
the period T of an asteroid at distance R from the sun, is given by

T²/R³ = 4pi²/GM

where G is the gravitational constant and M is the mass of the sun

fill in the numbers and solve for T.
Physics 1 - John, Friday, October 5, 2012 at 2:36pm
T^2/R^3=4pi^2/GM ---->T^2/5.8e11=4pi^2/(6.673e-11)(1.99e30) is this how it's supposed to be setup?

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