Chapter 5: Q15. (page 131)
Would it require less speed to launch a satellite (a) toward the east or (b) toward the west? Consider the Earth’s rotation direction and explain your choice.
The satellite will be launched (a) towards the east.
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A child on a sled comes flying over the crest of a small hill as shown in Fig. 5-32. His sled does not leave the ground, but he feels the normal force between his chest and the sled decrease as he goes over the hill. Explain this decrease using Newton's second law.
A penny is placed on a turntable which is spinning clockwise as shown in Fig. 5–37. If the power to the turntable is turned off, which arrow best represents the direction of the acceleration of the penny at point P while the turntable is still spinning but slowing down?
FIGURE 5-37MisConceptual Question 12.
A certain neutron star has five times the mass of our Sun packed into a sphere about 10 km in radius. Estimate the surface gravity on this monster.
Every few hundred years most of the planets line up on the same side of the Sun. Calculate the total force on the Earth due to Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn, assuming all four planets are in a line, Fig. 5–44. The masses are,,and the mean distances of the four planets from the Sun are 108, 150, 778, and 1430 million km. What fraction of the Sun’s force on the Earth is this?
Two satellites orbit the Earth in circular orbits of the same radius. One satellite is twice as massive as the other. Which statement is true about the speeds of these satellites?
(a) The heavier satellite moves twice as fast as the lighter one.
(b) The two satellites have the same speed.
(c) The lighter satellite moves twice as fast as the heavier one.
(d) The ratio of their speeds depends on the orbital radius.
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