At Sirius A's surface, the gravitational force between Sirius A and a 8 kg mass of hot gas has a magnitude of 1480.2 N. Assuming that Sirius A is spherical, with a uniform mass of 4.851e+30 kg, what is Sirius A's mean radius?
What is the radius? _______m
7.9e+8 m
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We know that the gravitational force between Sirius A and the mass of hot gas is given by the equation:
F = (G * Mass of Sirius A * Mass of Gas) / r^2
Where F is the magnitude of the gravitational force, G is the gravitational constant, and r is the distance between the center of Sirius A and the center of the gas mass.
Given that F = 1480.2 N, Mass of Sirius A = 4.851e+30 kg, Mass of Gas = 8 kg, and G = 6.67430e-11 m^3 / (kg * s^2), we can rearrange the equation to solve for r:
r^2 = (G * Mass of Sirius A * Mass of Gas) / F
r^2 = (6.67430e-11 * 4.851e+30 * 8) / 1480.2
Now, we can just take the square root of both sides to find the radius:
r = sqrt((6.67430e-11 * 4.851e+30 * 8) / 1480.2)
Calculating this will give you the mean radius of Sirius A in meters.
To find the mean radius of Sirius A, we can use the formula for gravitational force:
F = (G * M * m) / r^2
Where:
F is the gravitational force
G is the gravitational constant (approximately 6.67430 × 10^-11 N m^2/kg^2)
M is the mass of Sirius A (4.851e+30 kg in this case)
m is the mass of the gas (8 kg in this case)
r is the radius of Sirius A
Since we are given the gravitational force F as 1480.2 N, we can rearrange the formula to solve for the radius r:
r^2 = (G * M * m) / F
Let's plug in the values:
r^2 = (6.67430 × 10^-11 N m^2/kg^2 * 4.851e+30 kg * 8 kg) / 1480.2 N
Now we can solve for r:
r^2 ≈ 2.89044 × 10^45 m^3/kg
Taking the square root of both sides:
r ≈ 5.37819 × 10^22 m
Therefore, the mean radius of Sirius A is approximately 5.37819 × 10^22 meters.
To find the radius of Sirius A, we can start by applying Newton's law of universal gravitation. The gravitational force between two objects is given by the equation:
F = (G * m1 * m2) / r^2,
where F is the force of gravity, G is the universal gravitational constant (approximately 6.67430 × 10^-11 m^3⋅kg^-1⋅s^-2), m₁ and m₂ are the masses of the two objects, and r is the distance between their centers.
In this case, the mass of Sirius A is given as 4.851 × 10^30 kg, and the mass of the gas is 8 kg. The gravitational force is given as 1480.2 N. We can set up the equation as follows:
1480.2 N = (G * (4.851 × 10^30 kg) * (8 kg)) / r^2.
Now, we can solve this equation for the radius (r).
First, rearrange the equation to isolate r^2:
r^2 = (G * (4.851 × 10^30 kg) * (8 kg)) / 1480.2 N.
Next, substitute the values for G and solve for r^2:
r^2 = (6.67430 × 10^-11 m^3⋅kg^-1⋅s^-2 * (4.851 × 10^30 kg) * (8 kg)) / 1480.2 N.
Simplifying further:
r^2 = 2.844352 × 10^19 m^3⋅kg^-1⋅s^-2.
Finally, take the square root of both sides to find r:
r = √(2.844352 × 10^19 m^3⋅kg^-1⋅s^-2).
Performing the calculation:
r ≈ 1.785 × 10^10 meters.
Therefore, the radius of Sirius A is approximately 1.785 × 10^10 meters.