Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11823-072-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-11823-072-5

Chapter 10 - Rotation - Problems - Page 293: 92a

Answer

It takes $~~1.7\times 10^8~years~~$ for the Sun to make one revolution.

Work Step by Step

We can express the distance to the center of the Milky Way in units of $km$: $r = (2.3\times 10^4~ly)(\frac{9.461\times 10^{12}~km}{1~ly}) = 2.176\times 10^{17}~km$ We can find the time it takes for the Sun to make one revolution: $t = \frac{2\pi~r}{v}$ $t = \frac{(2\pi)(2.176\times 10^{17}~km)}{250~km/s}$ $t = 5.469\times 10^{15}~s$ $t = (5.469\times 10^{15}~s)(\frac{1~yr}{365\times 24\times 3600~s})$ $t = 1.7\times 10^8~yr$ It takes $~~1.7\times 10^8~years~~$ for the Sun to make one revolution.
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