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Homework Statement
The asteriod Ceres has a mass of 1.11x10^21 kg and a diamter 772km. Ceres orbits the sun at an average distance of 414 million kilometers.
Estimate the change in length of a 2m length of thin copper wire caused by hanging a 1.5kg mass on the wire on the asteriod Ceres.
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Homework Equations
[tex]
\begin{array}{l}
g = \frac{{GM}}{{r^2 }} \\
a = \frac{{v^2 }}{r} \\
\end{array}
[/tex]
The Attempt at a Solution
Could somebody please give me some direction on how to approach these situation. Many thanks in return,
unique_pavadrin