Final Exam: Chapters 12+13 Flashcards
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For gravity: F= ?
G= ?
F= (G) m1m2/R2
G= 6.67 x10-11
m1= 1000kg
m2= 1000kg
Distance= 5m
What is the force between the 2 cars with the law of gravity?
G= (m1)(m2)/R2
G= (6.67E-11)(1000)(1000)/(52)
G= 2.67 x10-6N OR 2.67uN
Is light affected by gravity?
Yes, because light bends around objects. It actually deals with 4-Dimensions.
F= (G) (m1xm2)/R2
Only Answer This One:
Find the force of gravity between the Earth and Moon.
F= (G) (mmoon X MEarth)/ (R2)
Earth and Sun:
Just Practice: F= (G)(mEarthxMSun)/(R2)
Earth and One
F= (6.67E--11)(7.36E22)(5.98E24)/(385,000,000)2
F= 1.98E20N
Tidal forces are bigger between the Earth and the Sun in order to keep the Earth in orbit.
How did we get 9.81 as the acceleration for gravity?
F= (G)(m1M2)/(R2)
mg= (G) (m1M2)/(R2) (small m’s cancel)
g= (G) (M2)/(R2)
Turns Into:
g= GM/R2 (cause little m’s canceled out)
G= 6.67E-11
M= 5.98E24
m= Doesn’t Matter (Cancels)
R= 6,378,000
g = (6.67E-11)(5.98E24)/ (6,378,0002)
g= 9.85 m/sec2
(Depends where you are on the Earth)
g= 9.8 m/sec2
If a person standing on the equater weigh less than someone who is somewhere else on the Earth?
Person: (G)(mM)/(R2)
Fc= (m)(v2)/(R)
FG= (G)(mM)/(R2)
Apparent Weight:
Apparent Weight= [(G)(mM)/(R2)] - [(m)(v2)/(R)]
V= D/T
V= (40,000m/86,164sec)
V= 464.23 m/s
[(6.67E-11)(80)(5.98E24)/(6,3782)] - [(80)(464.232)/(6,378)]
784.4- 2.7
Apparent Weight= 781.7 Newtons
Percent Difference: (2.7/784.4) X 100% = 0.34% less at the Equater
Acceleration between a Satellite and the Earth?
Satellite: 1000kg
Satellite height from Earth: 500,000m
F= G(mM)/(R2)
F= ma
F= (G)(mM)/(REarth+RSatellte)2
ma= (G)(mM)/(REarth + RSatellite)2
a= (G)(M)/(REarth + RSatellite2)
a= (6.67E-11)(5.98E24)/ (6,378,000+ 500,000)2
a= 8.43 m/s2
Find M
ac= 2.03 m/sec2
R= 250,000,000m
ac= (m)(v2)/(R)
F= (G) (mM)/(R2)
F= mac
(G)(mM)/(R2)= mac (little mass cancels)
(G)(M)/(R2)= ac
Find the Mass (M)
M= (ac)(R2)/(G)
M= (2.03)(250,000,000)2/(6.67E-11)
M= 1.90x1027kg
^Mass of Jupitor!
How to Find the Mass of the Earth:
a= g= 9.81m/sec2
G= 6.67E11
Distance: 6,378m
Fg=FG
mg= (G)(mM)/(R)2 (small masses cancel)
M= (g)(R2)/(G)
M= (9.81)(6,3782)/(6.67E-11)
Density= M/V
p=M/V
M= 5.98E24kg
p= M/V
Density is higher in the middle of an object
Finding the Density of the Earth
Finding Big M and putting it in the Density Equation of a SPHERE
a=g= 9.81m/sec2
Density= Mass/Volume
p= m/v
FG=Fg
mg= (G)(mM)/(R2) (small masses cancel)
M=
mg= (G)(mM)/(R2) (small masses cancel)
M= (g)(R2) / (G)
M= (9.81)(6,3782)/(6.67E-11)
M= 5.98E24
p= M/V
Volume of a Sphere: (4/3)π(R3)
p= 5.98E24/ (4/3)π(6,3783)
p= 5,500 kg/m3
Keppler’s First Law:
R1+R2 = 2a
(2a: Semi-major axis)
(2b: Semi-minor axis)
R=R1=R2
R1+R2=2a
2R=2a
R=a
a2+b2= c2

Eccentricity of a Planet’s Orbit
Eccentricity (e) = c/a
Rp= 147,098,000m
RA= 152,098,000m
e= Ra-Rp/ Ra+Rp
e= 152,098,000 - 147,098,000 / (152,098,000 + 147,098,000)
e= 0.0167
e= Ra-Rp/ Ra+Rp
e= 152,098,000 - 147,098,000 / (152,098,000 + 147,098,000)
e= 0.0167
Rp+Ra=2a
<span>R</span>p= a-c
Ra= a+c
e= Ra-Ra/ Ra+Rp
e= [a+c] - [a-c] / [a+c] + [a-c]
e= 2c/2a
e=c/a

Keppler’s Second Law:
L= r x mv = mr x v
Torque: L/T = 0
Torque= rFsinØ = rFsin(180º) = 0

Kepplers 3rd Law:
T2= R2
FG= Fc
(G)(mM)/(R2) = mv2/R (small masses cancel and 1 R)
V2= (G)(M) / (R)
V= Distance/Time
v2= e= Ra-Rp/ Ra+Rp
V= D/T
v= 2πR/T
v2= 4π2R2/T2
4π2R2/T2 = (G)(M) / (R)

How To Find Orbital Velocity:
FG= Fc
(G)(mM) / (R2) = mv2 / (R) (small mass cancels)
v= sqrt[(G)(M)/(R)]
v= sqrt[(6.67E-11)(5.98E24) / (6,378,000)]
v= 7,908 m/s
Vorbit= sqrt (G)(M)/ REarth + h)
Vorbit= sqrt[(6.67E-11)(5.98E24) / (6,378,000)]
v= 7,615 m/sec
v= Distance/Time
Time= Distance/Velocity
Time = 2π(REarth +h)/ (v)
= 2π(6,876,000m) / (7,615 m/sec)
= 5,675 sec
Orbital Velocity: Find the distance
Vorbit= sqrt[ (G)(M) / (REarth + h)
V= Distance/Time
v= 2πR / T
[2π(Rh + h)2/T2] = [(G)(M)/ REarth + h]
[4π2R2/ T2] = [(G)(M) / (R)]
R3= [GMT2/ 4π2]
R= sqrt3 [GMT2/ 4π2]
R= sqrt3 [(6.67E-11)(5.98E24)(86,164sec)2/ 4π2]
R= 43, 172km or 26,210m/s

Gravitational Potential Energy:
PE= mgh
W= Fd
W= GmM/R1 - 0
PEGravity at R1= [(6.67E-11)(1000)(5.98E24)/ 6,378,000]
PEGavity= 6.25E10J

Just review
Kinetic and Potential Energy In Orbit
Etotal= PE + KE (potential energy is usually negative)
Etotal= [-(G)(M)(m) / (REarth + RSatellite)] + [(1/2)(m)(GM/R)]
PE: [-(6.67E-11)(1000)(5.98E24) / (6,378,000 + 500,000)
PE= -5.8E10J
KE= (1/2)(m)(v2)
KEOrbit= (1/2)(m)(GM/R)
KEOrbit= 2.9E10
Etotal= KE - PE
Etotal= (2.9E10+ (-5.8E10)
ETotal= -2.9E10J


Just Review

Review
Ceres, the largest asteroid known, has a mass of roughly 8.7E20kg. If Ceres passes within 14,000,000m of the spaceship in which you are traveling, what force does it exert on you?
Mass of spaceship: 70kg
F= (G)(mM)/(R2)
F= (6.67E-11)(8.7E20)(70kg)/ (14E62)
F= 0.0207
At what altitude above the Earth’s surface is the acceleration due to gravity equal to (g/2)?
When a space station satellite is at a certain height from the Earth:
[GMEarth / (REarth + h)2] = [(1/2)(GmSatellite) / (R2)]
(REarth + h)2 = 2R2Satellite
h= ((sqrt2) - 1)REarth = ((sqrt2) - 1)(6.67E6)
h= 2.64E6m
The acceleration due to gravity on the Moon’s surface is known to be about (1/6) the acceleration due to gravity on the Earth. Given that the radius of the Moon is roughly (1/4) that of the Earth, find the mass of the Moon in terms of the mass of the Earth.















