A day on Mars is 24.6 Earth hours long. A year on Mars is 687 Earth days long. How do the angular velocities of Mars’ rotation and orbit compare to the angular velocities of Earth’s rotation and orbit?
w(M)/w(E)=
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w(My)/w(Ey)=
w is what I used to represent omega...
Angular velocities are in inverse proportion to periods. I am sure you know what the earth's rotation and revolution periods (P) are.
w(M)/w(E)= P(E)/P(M)
and similarly for the other question.
I got 1.88 and 1.03 but they are not the answers....
I think I was doing it backwards... will the answers be 0.53 for w(m)/w(e) and 0.98 for w(my)/w(ey)???
w(M)/w(E)= P(E)/P(M) = 23.93/24.6 = 0.973
You are both backwards and upside down. You did not use the formula I gave you.
To compare the angular velocities of Mars' rotation and orbit with those of Earth, we need to consider the ratios of their respective angular velocities.
Let's start with the first part: "w(M)/w(E)" represents the ratio of Mars' rotation angular velocity to Earth's rotation angular velocity.
The angular velocity of rotation can be calculated by dividing the angle traversed by an object over a given time period. In this case, a day on Mars is 24.6 Earth hours long, so we'll need to convert that to seconds to match the standard SI unit of angular velocity.
1 Earth hour = 60 minutes * 60 seconds = 3600 seconds
24.6 Earth hours = 24.6 * 3600 seconds = 88656 seconds
Now, let's calculate the angular velocities:
Angular velocity of Mars' rotation (w(M)) = 2π / time taken
Angular velocity of Earth's rotation (w(E)) = 2π / time taken
Using the values, we get:
w(M) = 2π / 88656
w(E) = 2π / 86400
Now, the ratio of the angular velocities would be:
w(M)/w(E) = (2π / 88656) / (2π / 86400)
= 86400 / 88656
This ratio gives us the comparison between Mars' rotation angular velocity and Earth's rotation angular velocity.
Moving on to the second part: "w(My)/w(Ey)" represents the ratio of Mars' orbit angular velocity to Earth's orbit angular velocity.
The angular velocity of orbit can be found by dividing the angle covered by Mars or Earth in their respective orbits (360 degrees) by the time it takes to complete one orbit.
The time for one Mars year is given as 687 Earth days. We'll convert that to seconds as well:
687 Earth days * 24 hours * 60 minutes * 60 seconds = 59328000 seconds
Now, let's calculate the angular velocities:
Angular velocity of Mars' orbit (w(My)) = 2π / time taken
Angular velocity of Earth's orbit (w(Ey)) = 2π / time taken
Using the values, we get:
w(My) = 2π / 59328000
w(Ey) = 2π / 31536000
The ratio of the angular velocities would be:
w(My)/w(Ey) = (2π / 59328000) / (2π / 31536000)
= 31536000 / 59328000
This ratio provides us the comparison between Mars' orbit angular velocity and Earth's orbit angular velocity.