Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 12 - Gravity - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 410: 30

Answer

$r=1.4\times 10^{11}m$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required radius as follows: $(\frac{r}{r_E})^{\frac{3}{2}}=\frac{T\sqrt{GM_S}/2\pi}{T_E\sqrt{GM_S}/2\pi}=\frac{T}{T_E}$ This simplifies to: $r=r_E(\frac{T}{T_E})^{\frac{2}{3}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $r=(1.50\times 10^{11}m)(\frac{320d}{365d})^{\frac{2}{3}}$ $r=1.4\times 10^{11}m$
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