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 412: 61

Answer

$\sqrt{(1.00\times 10^7m)h}$

Work Step by Step

We can find the radius of the largest spherical asteroid as follows: $R_A=\sqrt{\frac{3gh}{4\pi G\rho}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $R_A=\sqrt{\frac{3(9.81m/s^2)}{4\pi(6.67\times 10^{-11}N.m^2/kg^2)(3500Kg/m^3)}}$ $R_A=\sqrt{(1.00\times 10^7m)h}$
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