Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 12 - Gravity - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 413: 87

Answer

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We know that $T=\frac{2\pi}{\sqrt{GM_s}}r^{\frac{3}{2}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $T(\frac{3.16\times 10^7s}{1year})=[\frac{2\pi}{\sqrt{(6.67\times 10^{-11}N.m^2/Kg^2)(2.0\times 10^{30}Kg)}}][(r)(\frac{1.5\times 10^{11}m}{1A.U})]^{\frac{3}{2}}$ This simplifies to: $T=(\frac{1year}{(A.U)^{\frac{3}{2}}})r^{\frac{3}{2}}$ $\implies T=Cr^{\frac{3}{2}}$
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