The acceleration due to gravity at the north pole of Neptune is approximately 11.2 m/s?. Neptune has mass 1.02 x 1026 kg and radius 2.46 x 104 km What is the gravitational force on a 4.40 kg object at the north pole of Neptune? Express your answer with the appropriate units. and rotates once around its axis in a time of about 16 h. Wap = 49.3 N Submit Previous Answers v Correct Correct answer is shown. Your answer 47.93 N was either rounded differently or used a different number of significant figures than required for this part. Part B What is the apparent weight of this same object at Neptune's equator? (Note that Neptune's "surface" is gaseous, not solid, so it is impossible to stand on it.) Express your answer with the appropriate units. HA Weg = Value

The acceleration due to gravity at the north pole of Neptune is approximately 11.2 m/s?. Neptune has mass 1.02 x 1026 kg and radius 2.46 x 104 km What is the gravitational force on a 4.40 kg object at the north pole of Neptune? Express your answer with the appropriate units. and rotates once around its axis in a time of about 16 h. Wap = 49.3 N Submit Previous Answers v Correct Correct answer is shown. Your answer 47.93 N was either rounded differently or used a different number of significant figures than required for this part. Part B What is the apparent weight of this same object at Neptune's equator? (Note that Neptune's "surface" is gaseous, not solid, so it is impossible to stand on it.) Express your answer with the appropriate units. HA Weg = Value

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

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Chapter7: Gravity

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