Answered: Satellite Motion: If Earth had twice…

Satellite Motion: If Earth had twice its present mass but it orbited at the same distance from the sun as it does now, its orbital period would be OO 1 year. 2 years. 4 years. O 6 months. O 3 years.

Astronomy

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168284

Author:Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney C. Wolff

Publisher:Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney C. Wolff

Chapter3: Orbits And Gravity

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 6E: Which major planet has the largest . . . A. semimajor axis? B. average orbital speed around the Sun?...

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Q: Page 138 Practice Problem 5.14: If, instead of the fish, we place a 3.00 kg rock in the pan, how…

A: Given data : Compressed distance when 12N weight is placed in the pan, ∆L=1cm=0.01m Mass of the…

Q: Two 100 cm waves of equal amplitude travel in opposite directions on a string. The velocity of the…

Q: cannon ball is shot into the air such that its height h, in metres, after time t, in seconds, can be…

Q: How long would it take for a microbial community under exponential growth to grow to 14x it's…

Q: Each of two long straight parallel wires 5 cm apart carries a current of 100 A. The figure shows a…

A: We redraw the situation with proper lengths and directions for magnetic field at P.

Q: wo identical piano wires have a fundamental frequency of 600 Hz when kept under the same tension.…

A: Fundamental frequency of vibrations produced on a string under tension is given by the expression…

Q: WEEK 5 In an experiment to investigate Charles' law, a Physics student used a fixed mass of dry air…

A: We know that temperature in degrees celsius can be converted into Kelvins by TK=TC+273.15 or…

Q: force of 116 N pulls due west on a body, and a second force pulls N 42.8 degrees west. The…

Q: constant = *38. Go The drawing shows a hydrau- lic chamber with a spring (spring 1600 N/m) attached…

Q: A positively charged particle moves in the negative y-direction. The magnetic force on the particle…

Q: A cubical box with sides of length 0.229 m contains 1.480 moles of neon gas at a temperature of 279…

A: Given : Length of the sides of the cube d =0.229 m Moles of neon gas n= 1.480 moles At Temperature =…

Q: 2. For safety in climbing, a mountaineer uses a nylon rope that is 58 m long and 1.2 cm in diameter.…

A: Given Datalength of rope L = 58 mDiameter of rope D = 1.2 cm Radius of rope r =D2 = 0.6 ×10-2 mMass…

Q: A 0.650 kg block is attached to a spring with spring constant 14.0 N/m. While the block is sitting…

Q: A Sun-like star has a power output of 3.0·1026 W with 89.5% of this energy supplied by the…

Q: The drawing shows an ideal gas confined to a cylinder by a massless piston that is attached to an…

A: In initial pressure is P0 and the elongation of spring is x0, then P0A=kx0 Where P0A is the force on…

Q: Block A ( mass 2.25 kg) rests on a tabletop. It is connected by a horizontal cord passing over a…

Q: A bus is travelling at a constant speed of 20 m/s. A car is 50m behind the bus and begins to…

Q: A proposed nuclear reactor facility will have an electrical power output of 855 MW with a 35.9%…

Q: Vater flows horizontally in a pipe of diameter 10.5 cm 789 m/s and a gauge pressure of 7.54x10^3 Pa.…

A: GivenFor section 1d1=10.5 cmv1=0.789 m/sFor section 2d2=4.94 cm

Q: Below is the velocity for a object moving in a circle while speeding up. Find which other vectors…

A: The velocity of an object moving in a circle is given as: Hence, the tangential direction of the…

Q: 682.693 g 6,826,932.164 g 6,826.932 g 6.827 g These are the listed options a-d. I can't understand…

A: the calculation which is done earlier is correct. in that final mass comes out to be 7.127 kg…

Q: The atoms of an FCC lattice are hard spheres touching the surfaces of the nearest neighbors. If the…

A: The lattice constant of an FCC lattice is: a=22r The (110) plane in an FCC lattice is given by the…

Q: How and why does nuclear fusion happens

A: The process of fusion of two light nuclei into one heavy nucleus at very high temperature, is called…

Q: It is possible to grasp a cup of water at the top and swing it over your head fast enough that the…

Q: Two magnetic dipoles m1 = m1ˆz and m2 = m2ˆz lie on the z axis, separated by a distance r. Find the…

Q: Two particles, each of mass m, are connected by a light inflexible string of length l. The string…

Q: An object is subjected to a friction force with magnitude 7.05 N, which acts against the object's…

Q: A building in San Francisco has light fixtures consisting of small 2.35-kgkg bulbs with shades…

A: The model is of a pendulum of length 1.5 m The time period is given by T=2πlg

Q: An infinitely long wire carrying a current of I = 2.95 A is bent into the shape shown in the figure.…

Q: An object is placed 50 cm from a convex lens having a focal length of 13.5 cm. A. Draw a diagram of…

A: The distance of the object u=-50 cm The focal length, f=13.5 cm

Q: A ball falls from height of 20.0 m, hits the floor, and rebounds vertically upward to height of 15.0…

Q: A force of magnitude F making an angle with the x axis is applied to a particle located along axis…

Q: When the coils of a solenoid of length 0.140 m carry a current of 86.0 A, it produces a magnetic…

Q: Can you explain how the parallel axial theorem applies to a? The wheel is spinning around its own…

Q: Please answer this with in 30 mins ! I will upvote !

Q: Learning Goal: To make the connection between intuitive understanding of a seesaw and the standard…

A: Given:- We have given a figure of the seesaw as Find:- a) The expression of the distance the L1…

Q: proud deep-sea fisherman hangs a 65.0-kgkg fish from an ideal spring having negligible mass. The…

Q: The uniform solid block in the figure has mass 21.3 kg and edge lengths a = 0.754 m, b = 1.33 m, and…

Q: Questions 3 and 4 below refer to the universal gravitational potential energy function U(r) for a…

A: Since you have asked multiple question, we will solve the first question for you. If you want any…

Q: ▾ Part A Angular and Linear Quantities: Two children, Ahmed and Jacques, ride on a merry-go-round.…

A: Given data: Two children ride on marry go round Ahmed is at a greater distance from axis of…

Q: Calculate the rotational inertia of a meter stick, with mass 0.721 kg, about an axis perpendicular…

A: Given: A meter stick which has length, L = 1.00 m Mass of the stick, m = 0.721 kg Point about which…

Q: A machine part is undergoing SHM with a frequency of 4.40 HzHz and amplitude 1.80 cmcm. How long…

A: Given: Frequency of machine part = 4.40 Hz Amplitude of machine part = 1.80 cm To calculate time…

Q: 3. A 25g piece of ice is placed in 400g of liqui a) How much heat must flow into the ice for i

A: Givenmice=25 gmwater=400 gTwater=80°C

Q: Reading glasses of what power are needed for a farsighted person whose near point is 125 cm, so that…

Q: Part A Assume that the proportions of a 69-kg person are the same as those in the table below.…

A: Consider the mass of a person be m=70 kg. Consider the mass percent of the parts of the legs to be…

Q: A resistor and an inductor of values 3 ohms and 0.4 henry, respectively, are connected in series. If…

Q: Please show your solution on paper using the formula D=RT. Thank you! Question: A boy on his…

Q: radioactive. Assuming that in a tree the isotopic abundance of ¹4C is 1.3 × 10-¹2, estimate the…

A: We know the activity of wood in dpm is 15.3 dpm per unit gram mass of C for freshly cut wood. living…

Q: For a mole of an ideal gas, the pressure (P), volume (V) and temperature (T) are related by the…

Q: A sound note emitted from certain source has a velocity of 300 m/s in air and 1050 m's in water. If…

A: Given datavelocity of sound in air vair = 300 m/svelocity of sound in water vwater = 1050…

Question

I feel like it is either 6 months, or 2 years. Maybe 2 years is correct? help would be great thanks!

Part A
Satellite Motion: If Earth had twice its present mass but it orbited at the same distance from the sun as it does now, its orbital period would be
1 year.
2 years.
4 years.
6 months.
3 years.
Submit Request Answer

Expert Solution

This question has been solved!

Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Step 1

VIEW

Step 2

VIEW

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Knowledge Booster

Learn more about

Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, physics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.

Similar questions

Eros has an elliptical orbit about the Sun, with a perihelion distance of 1.13 AU and aphelion distance of 1.78 AU. What is the period of its orbit?
What is the semimajor axis of a circle of diameter 24 cm? What is its eccentricity?
When Sedna was discovered in 2003, it was the most distant object known to orbit the Sun. Currently, it is moving toward the inner solar system. Its period is 10,500 years. Its perihelion distance is 75 AU. a. What is its semimajor axis in astronomical units? b. What is its aphelion distance?
What is the average distance from the Sun (in astronomical units) of a planet with an orbital period of 45.66 years?
Which major planet has the largest . . . A. semimajor axis? B. average orbital speed around the Sun? C. orbital period around the Sun? D. eccentricity?
Consider an imaginary planet in our solar system at an average distance of25 AU from the Sun.(a) Calculate the orbital period of this planet. (b) This fictional planet has an orbital eccentricity of e = 0.4, calculatethe planet’s distance to the Sun at aphelion and perihelion. (c) Another imaginary planet in our solar system has a perihelion distanceof 12 AU from the Sun and an aphelion distance of 68 AU. Is theeccentricity of this new planet greater or less than the planet in theprevious question?
Determine what the period of revolution of the Earth would be if its distance from the Sun were 3.5 AU rather than 1 AU. Assume that the mass of the Sun remains the same. The final unit should be y in the answer.
Pluto’s orbit around the Sun is highly elliptical compared to the planets in our Solar System. It has a perihelion distance of 29.7 AU and an aphelion distance of 49.5 AU. a) What is the semi-major axis of Pluto’s orbit, in AU? b) What is Pluto’s orbital period, in Earth years?
One year on Planet AAA is 5 time the length of one earth year and it orbits its sun at an average distance 4.38 AU. Planet ZZZ orbits the same sun at an average distance of 2.53 AU. Determine the length of one year on Planet ZZZ in earth days.
(to two decimal places): (what is ‘h’?) Eccentricity of earth orbit is 0.0167 µ(sun) = 1.32712E+11 km^3/s^ semimajor axis of Earth orbit = 1.49598E+08 need to figure out what ‘h’ is. a) Calculate the speed of the earth around the sun at aphelion? (29.29 KM/S) b) At perihelion? (30.29 KM/S)
A science fiction author is writing a book where an artificial planet is constructed in our Solar System at a distance that is 3 times farther from the Sun (s - 3.00 AU) than Earth is. Knowing that Earth is 1.00 AU from the Sun and has a period of 1.00 years, how many years would it take for hypothetical Planet Pterodactyl to make one orbit around the Sun?
Saturn has an angular size of 16”, and an observed Synodic Period of 1.035yrs. Saturn’s moon, Titan orbits the planet with an angular separation of 192”, with a period of 15.9days. From these observations we can determine Saturn’s mass. Use the Sidereal Period of Saturn above to find the distance to Saturn from the Sun.