Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 44 - Quarks, Leptons, and the Big Bang - Problems - Page 1365: 43a

Answer

$v = 121~m/s$

Work Step by Step

We can find the mass of the part of the sun that is inside Earth's orbital radius: $M = \frac{\frac{4}{3}\pi(1.5\times 10^{11}~m)^3}{\frac{4}{3}\pi(5.90\times 10^{12}~m)^3}~(1.99\times 10^{30}~kg)$ $M = 3.27\times 10^{25}~kg$ We can find the Earth's orbital speed: $\frac{M_E~v^2}{r} = \frac{G~M~M_E}{r^2}$ $v^2 = \frac{G~M}{r}$ $v = \sqrt{\frac{G~M}{r}}$ $v = \sqrt{\frac{(6.67\times 10^{-11}~N~m^2/kg^2)(3.27\times 10^{25}~kg)}{1.5\times 10^{11}~m}}$ $v = 121~m/s$
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