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- Homework Statement
- You are on a deep space mission to search for Earth-like planets. Your crew locates a possible planet and with scanners find the radius to be 7.5 x 106m. they land and hang a 1.0 kg mass from a spring scale. It reads 8.5 N.
a) Determine the mass of the planet using Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation.
b) Describe whether an astronaut standing on this new planet weighs more, less, or the same as on Earth. Show your work.
- Relevant Equations
- F= Gm1m2/d2
For question A, I know that I am supposed to input the numbers given into the Universal Gravitation Equation, but I do not know how to solve for it beyond that.
For question B, I know that the astronauts weight depends on the mass and gravity of the new planet but I do not know how to prove it mathematically.
Thank you in advance!
For question B, I know that the astronauts weight depends on the mass and gravity of the new planet but I do not know how to prove it mathematically.
Thank you in advance!