University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 13 - Gravitation - Problems - Exercises - Page 426: 13.30

Answer

(a) $2.21\times 10^{30}Kg=1.1solar masses$ (b) $151\frac{Km}{s}$

Work Step by Step

(a) We know that $T=\frac{2\pi r^{\frac{3}{2}}}{\sqrt{Gm}}$ $\implies Gm=(\frac{2\pi r^{\frac{3}{2}}}{T})^2$ This can be rearranged as: $m=\frac{(\frac{2\pi r^{\frac{3}{2}}}{T})^2}{G}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $m=\frac{(\frac{2\pi(6.43\times10^9 )^{\frac{3}{2}}}{2.67\times 10^5})^2}{6.67\times 10^{-11}}=2.21\times 10^{30}Kg=1.1solar masses$ (b) We know that $v=\frac{2\pi r}{T}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v=\frac{2\pi(6.43\times 10^9)}{2.67\times 10^5}$ $v=1.51\times 10^5\frac{m}{s}=151\frac{Km}{s}$
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