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A communications satellite with a mass of 450 kg is in a circular orbit about the Earth. The radius of the orbit is 2.9×10^4 km as measured from the center of the Earth. Calculate the weight of the satellite on the surface of the Earth Calculate the gravitational force e...
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An equilateral triangle 10.0 m on a side has a 1.00-kg mass at one corner, a 2.00-kg mass at another corner, and a 3.00-kg mass at the third corner. Find the magnitude of the net force acting on the 1.00 kg- mass. Find the direction of the net force acting on the 1.00-kg mass....
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An equilateral triangle 10.0 m on a side has a 1.00-kg mass at one corner, a 2.00-kg mass at another corner, and a 3.00-kg mass at the third corner. Find the magnitude of the net force acting on the 1.00 kg- mass. Find the direction of the net force acting on the 1.00-kg mass....
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An astronaut exploring a distant solar system lands on an unnamed planet with a radius of 3800 km. When the astronaut jumps upward with an initial speed of 4.00 m/s , she rises to a height of 0.600 m. What is the mass of the planet?
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Suppose a planet is discovered orbiting a distant star with 13 times the mass of the Earth and 1/13 its radius. How does the escape speed on this planet compare with that of the Earth? Ve new ------- = ve earth
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Suppose one of the Global Positioning System satellites has a speed of 4.50 km/s at perigee and a speed of 3.52 km/s at apogee. If the distance from the center of the Earth to the satellite at perigee is 2.21×104 km, what is the corresponding distance at apogee?
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Two 0.53-g basketballs, each with a radius of 17 cm, are just touching. How much energy is required to change the separation between the centers of the basketballs to 1.1 m? (Ignore any other gravitational interactions.) How much energy is required to change the separation bet...
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The largest moon in the solar system is Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter. Ganymede orbits at a distance of 1.07 X 10^9 m from the center of Jupiter with an orbital period of about 6.18 X 10^5 s. Using this information, find the mass of Jupiter.
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Gravity on Titan Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the only moon in the solar system known to have a substantial atmosphere. Find the acceleration due to gravity on Titan's surface, given that its mass is 1.35 X 10^23 kg and its radius is 2570 km.
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When the Earth, Moon, and Sun form a right triangle, with the Moon located at the right angle, the Moon is in its third-quarter phase. Find the magnitude of the net force exerted on the Sun. Find the direction of the net force exerted on the Sun. Give the direction relative to...
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