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The Earth travels in a circular orbit around the Sun at 29.79 km/sec. If the radius of

the orbit is 1.496 x 10^8 km, what is the angular velocity in radians/sec? (Round to three significant digits.)

w = V/R = 29.79/1.496*10^8 = ___ rad/s.

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