How Is Energy Calculated for Moving an Object Away from Earth's Surface?

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hi!
in my book they are trying to derive a formula for how much energy is needed to move an object height h from the Earth's surface. so large that:

dent's total work (W) spent a
to move a body with mass m from the Earth to a point at distance R from the center of the earth:
[tex]W=c\cdot m\cdot M\cdot (\frac{1}{R_0}-\frac{1}{R})[/tex]
c = 6.66 * 10 ^ -11, R_0 = 6370
when R increases approaching the term 1 / R all zero, and work to keep a body from the Earth's surface infinitely far into the universe can be calculated by the formula
[tex]W=c\cdot \frac{m\cdot M}{R_0}[/tex]
what I can not really understand is that work is defined as force*distance, W=F*s.
why is [tex]\frac{1}{R_0}-\frac{1}{R}=distance[/tex] and why is [tex]c\cdot m\cdot M=force[/tex]??

can someone explain to me, thanks

2) why is [tex]c\cdot m\cdot M[/tex] the same at [tex]m\cdot g\cdot R^2_0[/tex], also
[tex]c\cdot m\cdot M=m\cdot g\cdot R^2_0[/tex]
 
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Hi aloshi! :smile:

(It's not c, it's G. :wink:)

Work isn't force*distance unless the force is constant.

Work is the integral of force wrt distance … W = ∫ F.ds,

and in this case F = GMm/r2, so W = ∫ GMm/r2 dr = GMm/r + constant. :smile:
 


tiny-tim said:
Hi aloshi! :smile:

(It's not c, it's G. :wink:)

Work isn't force*distance unless the force is constant.

Work is the integral of force wrt distance … W = ∫ F.ds,

and in this case F = GMm/r2, so W = ∫ GMm/r2 dr = GMm/r + constant. :smile:
but I can not about Integration, can you explain in a different way? pleas
 


tiny-tim said:
Hi aloshi! :smile:

(It's not c, it's G. :wink:)

Work isn't force*distance unless the force is constant.

Work is the integral of force wrt distance … W = ∫ F.ds,

and in this case F = GMm/r2, so W = ∫ GMm/r2 dr = GMm/r + constant. :smile:

unless the force is not constant, way they write the worke sow??

and i find this:
[tex]W=\int_{r=R_0}^{R}Fdr=\int_{r=R_0}^{R}\frac{cmM}{r^2}dr=cmM\int_{r=R_0}^{R}\frac{1}{r^2}dr=cmM\[-\frac{1}{r}\]_{R_0}^R=cmM\(\frac{1}{R_0}-\frac{1}{R}\)[/tex]
but i can not anderstund't
 
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