By what factor would the Sun be shrunk to be the size of a large beach ball, 1 meter in diameter? (b) Calculate the distances and diameters of Mercury, Earth, Ceres, Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto if the whole Solar System were shrunk by the same amount. (b) Find their masses if their densities stayed the same.
(a)
The factor that the sun has to shrink to be the size of a large beach ball, one meter in diameter.
Answer to Problem 1P
The sun has to shrink by a factor of
Explanation of Solution
Given that the diameter of the sun is
Write the expression for the ratio of the diameter of the ball to the sun’s diameter.
Here,
Conclusion:
Substitute
Therefore, the sun has to shrink by a factor of
(b)
The diameters of Mercury, Earth, Ceres, Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto, distance from the sun of each planets, and masses if the densities of the planets stayed same.
Answer to Problem 1P
The relative masses and model distance of each planet from the sun is
Explanation of Solution
Given from appendix A in the Table A.3, that the radius of mercury, earth, Ceres, Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto is
Write the formula for the diameter.
Here,
Write the expression for the density.
Here,
Write the expression for the volume.
Here,
From Equation (I) the radius is equal to half of the diameter. So the above relation becomes,
Write the expression for the model diameter.
Here,
Conclusion:
For the case of mercury:
Substitute
Here,
For the case of Earth:
Substitute
Here,
For the case of Ceres:
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Here,
For the case of Jupiter:
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Here,
For the case of Neptune:
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Here,
For the case of Pluto:
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Here,
For the case of mercury:
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For the case of Earth:
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For the case of Ceres:
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For the case of Jupiter:
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For the case of Neptune:
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For the case of Pluto:
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From Equation (III) the model volume of the sun is,
Here,
Substitute
Similarly,
From Equation (III) the model volume of the Mercury is,
Here,
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From Equation (III) the model volume of the Earth is,
Here,
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From Equation (III) the model volume of the Ceres is,
Here,
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From Equation (III) the model volume of the Jupiter is,
Here,
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From Equation (III) the model volume of the Neptune is,
Here,
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From Equation (III) the model volume of the Pluto is,
Here,
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From Equation (II),
The expression for the mass is,
The ratio of the mass of the planet to the mass of the sun is,
Here,
For the case of mercury:
From Equation (V) the relative mass of the mercury is,
Substitute
For the case of Earth:
From Equation (V) the relative mass of the Earth is,
Substitute
For the case of Ceres:
From Equation (V) the relative mass of the Ceres is,
Substitute
For the case of Jupiter:
From Equation (V) the relative mass of the Jupiter is,
Substitute
For the case of Neptune:
From Equation (V) the relative mass of the Neptune is,
Substitute
For the case of Pluto:
From Equation (V) the relative mass of the Pluto is,
Substitute
The distance between the sun and mercury is
For the case of mercury the model distance is,
Here,
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For the case of earth the model distance is,
Here,
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For the case of Ceres the model distance is,
Here,
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For the case of Jupiter the model distance is,
Here,
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For the case of Neptune the model distance is,
Here,
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For the case of Pluto the model distance is,
Here,
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Therefore, relative masses and model distance of each planet from the sun is
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