Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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Author: Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
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Ch. 13.1 - A planet has two moons of equal mass. Moon 1 is in...Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 13.2QQCh. 13.4 - Prob. 13.3QQCh. 13.6 - Prob. 13.4QQCh. 13 - Prob. 1PCh. 13 - During a solar eclipse, the Moon, the Earth, and...Ch. 13 - Determine the order of magnitude of the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 4PCh. 13 - Review. Miranda, a satellite of Uranus, is shown...Ch. 13 - (a) Compute the vector gravitational field at a...
Ch. 13 - A spacecraft in the shape of a long cylinder has a...Ch. 13 - An artificial satellite circles the Earth in a...Ch. 13 - Prob. 9PCh. 13 - A particle of mass m moves along a straight line...Ch. 13 - Use Keplers third law to determine how many days...Ch. 13 - Prob. 12PCh. 13 - Suppose the Suns gravity were switched off. The...Ch. 13 - (a) Given that the period of the Moons orbit about...Ch. 13 - How much energy is required to move a 1 000-kg...Ch. 13 - An object is released from rest at an altitude h...Ch. 13 - A system consists of three particles, each of mass...Ch. 13 - Prob. 18PCh. 13 - A 500-kg satellite is in a circular orbit at an...Ch. 13 - Prob. 20PCh. 13 - Prob. 21PCh. 13 - Prob. 22PCh. 13 - Ganymede is the largest of Jupiters moons....Ch. 13 - Prob. 24APCh. 13 - Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 surveyed the surface of...Ch. 13 - Prob. 26APCh. 13 - Prob. 27APCh. 13 - Why is the following situation impossible? A...Ch. 13 - Let gM represent the difference in the...Ch. 13 - A sleeping area for a long space voyage consists...Ch. 13 - Prob. 31APCh. 13 - Prob. 32APCh. 13 - Prob. 33APCh. 13 - Two spheres having masses M and 2M and radii R and...Ch. 13 - (a) Show that the rate of change of the free-fall...Ch. 13 - A certain quaternary star system consists of three...Ch. 13 - Studies of the relationship of the Sun to our...Ch. 13 - Review. Two identical hard spheres, each of mass m...Ch. 13 - Prob. 39APCh. 13 - Prob. 40APCh. 13 - Prob. 41APCh. 13 - Prob. 42APCh. 13 - As thermonuclear fusion proceeds in its core, the...Ch. 13 - Two stars of masses M and m, separated by a...Ch. 13 - The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)...
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