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 414: 95

Answer

$6.09\times 10^{24}Kg$

Work Step by Step

We know that $K.E_a+U_a=K.E_p+U_p$ $\implies \frac{1}{2}mv_a^2-G\frac{mM}{r_a}=\frac{1}{2}mv_p^2-G\frac{mM}{r_p}$ $\implies v_a^2-2G\frac{M}{r_a}=v_p^2-2G\frac{M}{r_p}$ This simplifies to: $M=\frac{v_a^2-v_p^2}{2G(\frac{1}{r_a}-\frac{1}{r_p})}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $M=\frac{(3990)^2-(4280)^2}{2(6.67\times 10^{-11})(\frac{1}{2.41\times 10^7}-\frac{1}{2.25\times 10^7})}$ $M=6.09\times 10^{24}Kg$
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