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I have this problem where we have to determine the radius between an electron orbiting a proton. It is assumed they attract eachother with a 1/r^2 electric force. I assume this means they follow coloumb's law of k(q1*q2/r^2). The first part of the question asks...if the period of orbit is 24 hr, what is the radius.
At first I thought...gee an electron travels at the speed of light and it travels pi*d meters so solve for d and that is my answer. That is way to easy....So then I thought, perhaps I need to find this force of attraction as a function of r and then use that to find angular velocity and tangential acceleration and so on. Any ideas where to start on this one?
TIA
At first I thought...gee an electron travels at the speed of light and it travels pi*d meters so solve for d and that is my answer. That is way to easy....So then I thought, perhaps I need to find this force of attraction as a function of r and then use that to find angular velocity and tangential acceleration and so on. Any ideas where to start on this one?
TIA