The document shows calculations to determine the ratio of the gravitational force exerted on a person by the Sun compared to the gravitational force exerted by the Earth. It first calculates the gravitational acceleration due to Earth as about 9.8 m/s2 using the known mass of Earth and its radius. It then sets up the equations for gravitational force due to Earth and Sun on a person. It calculates the ratio of the Sun's gravitational force to Earth's gravitational force to be approximately 6.03 x 10-4, meaning the Sun's gravitational pull is over 16,000 times smaller than Earth's gravitational pull on a person standing on Earth.
The document shows calculations to determine the ratio of the gravitational force exerted on a person by the Sun compared to the gravitational force exerted by the Earth. It first calculates the gravitational acceleration due to Earth as about 9.8 m/s2 using the known mass of Earth and its radius. It then sets up the equations for gravitational force due to Earth and Sun on a person. It calculates the ratio of the Sun's gravitational force to Earth's gravitational force to be approximately 6.03 x 10-4, meaning the Sun's gravitational pull is over 16,000 times smaller than Earth's gravitational pull on a person standing on Earth.
The document shows calculations to determine the ratio of the gravitational force exerted on a person by the Sun compared to the gravitational force exerted by the Earth. It first calculates the gravitational acceleration due to Earth as about 9.8 m/s2 using the known mass of Earth and its radius. It then sets up the equations for gravitational force due to Earth and Sun on a person. It calculates the ratio of the Sun's gravitational force to Earth's gravitational force to be approximately 6.03 x 10-4, meaning the Sun's gravitational pull is over 16,000 times smaller than Earth's gravitational pull on a person standing on Earth.
The document shows calculations to determine the ratio of the gravitational force exerted on a person by the Sun compared to the gravitational force exerted by the Earth. It first calculates the gravitational acceleration due to Earth as about 9.8 m/s2 using the known mass of Earth and its radius. It then sets up the equations for gravitational force due to Earth and Sun on a person. It calculates the ratio of the Sun's gravitational force to Earth's gravitational force to be approximately 6.03 x 10-4, meaning the Sun's gravitational pull is over 16,000 times smaller than Earth's gravitational pull on a person standing on Earth.
universe attracts every other particle with a force that is directly proportional to the product of the masses of the particles and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Gm1m2 r2 G = gravitational constant = 6.67 x10 11 N m 2 / kg 2 m1 , m2 = masses of the 2 objects r = distance between m1 and m2 Fgravity = Fg =
r Fg
Fg
Show that magnitude of acceleration
due to gravity for points on or near the surface of the Earth is around 9.8m/s2. The mass of the Earth is around 5.97 x 1024 kg while its radius is around 6.38 x 106 m.
mE = 5.97 x10 24 kg Gm1m 2 Fg = r2 W = m2 g
r = 6.38 x106 m
Gm1m 2 Fg = W m2 g = r2 Gm g = 21 r 6.67 x10 11 N m 2 / kg 2 5.97 x10 24 kg = 2 6.38 x106 m
)( )
g = 9.782702m/s2 9.8m/s2
Example 2 The sun has mass 333,000 times that of the Earth. For person on Earth, the average distance to the center of the sun is 23,500 times that distance to the center of the Earth. In magnitude, what is the ratio of the suns gravitational force on you to the Earths gravitation force on you.
m = mass of the person on Earth
mE = mass of the Earth mS = mass of the sun = 333,000mE r1 = distance of person to the center of the Earth r2 = distance of person to the center of the sun
r2 = 23,500r1 FE = Earth' s gravitational force GmE m FE = r12 FS = sun' s gravitaional force GmS m G (333,000mE )m = FS = 2 r2 (23,500r1 )2 333,000 GmE m = 2 2 r ( ) 23 , 500
1 333,000 = F 2 E (23,500 ) = 6.0298778 x10 4 FE
FS = n = ratio between FS and FE FE n = 6.030 x 104
