A 7E+3 kg object is 9.29 m away from a 4.7E+8 kg object. What is the gravitational force between the two objects?
To calculate the gravitational force between two objects, we can use Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, which states that the force between two objects is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
The formula for gravitational force is:
F = (G * m1 * m2) / r^2
Where F is the gravitational force, G is the gravitational constant (approximately 6.67430 × 10^-11 N(m/kg)^2), m1 and m2 are the masses of the two objects, and r is the distance between the centers of the two objects.
Plugging in the given values:
m1 = 7E+3 kg (mass of the first object)
m2 = 4.7E+8 kg (mass of the second object)
r = 9.29 m (distance between the two objects)
G = 6.67430 × 10^-11 N(m/kg)^2
Using the given values, we can plug them into the formula to calculate the gravitational force.