Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Technology Update (No access codes included)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781305116399
Author: Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
Publisher: Cengage Learning
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Concept explainers
Question
Chapter 13, Problem 13.41P
To determine
The maximum radius can be asteroid have to be able to leave it entirely simply by jumping straight up.
Expert Solution & Answer
Trending nowThis is a popular solution!
Students have asked these similar questions
Earth has a mass of 5.98 × 1024 kg. The average mass of the atoms that make up Earth is 40 u. How many atoms are there in Earth?
A team of astronauts is on a mission to land on and explore a large asteroid. In addition to collecting samples and performing experiments, one of their tasks is to demonstrate the concept of the escape speed by throwing rocks straight up at various initial speeds. With what minimum initial speed vesc will the rocks need to be thrown in order for them never to "fall" back to the asteroid? Assume that the asteroid is approximately spherical, with an average density ? = 2.67 × 106 g/m3 and volume V =1.71 × 1012 m3. Recall that the universal gravitational constant is G = 6.67 × 10-11 (Nm2)/(kg2).
You are on an interstellar mission from the Earth to the 8.7 light-years distant star Sirius. Your spaceship can travel with 70% the speed of light and has a cylindrical shape with a diameter of 6 m at the front surface and a length of 25 m. You have to cross the interstellar medium with an approximated density of 1 hydrogen atom/m3.
Calculate the time it takes your spaceship to reach Sirius.
Determine the mass of interstellar gas that collides with your spaceship during the mission.
Note: Use 1.673 × 10−27 kg as proton mass
Chapter 13 Solutions
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Technology Update (No access codes included)
Ch. 13 - A planet has two moons of equal mass. Moon 1 is in...Ch. 13 - Superman stands on top of a very tall mountain and...Ch. 13 - An asteroid is in a highly eccentric elliptical...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.4QQCh. 13 - A system consists of five particles. How many...Ch. 13 - Rank the following quantities of energy from...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.3OQCh. 13 - Suppose the gravitational acceleration at the...Ch. 13 - Imagine that nitrogen and other atmospheric gases...Ch. 13 - An object of mass m is located on the surface of a...
Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.7OQCh. 13 - The vernal equinox and the autumnal equinox are...Ch. 13 - Rank the magnitudes of the following gravitational...Ch. 13 - The gravitational force exerted on an astronaut on...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.11OQCh. 13 - Each Voyager spacecraft was accelerated toward...Ch. 13 - In his 1798 experiment, Cavendish was said to have...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.3CQCh. 13 - Prob. 13.4CQCh. 13 - Prob. 13.5CQCh. 13 - Prob. 13.6CQCh. 13 - Prob. 13.7CQCh. 13 - Prob. 13.8CQCh. 13 - A satellite in low-Earth orbit is not truly...Ch. 13 - In introductory physics laboratories, a typical...Ch. 13 - Determine the order of magnitude of the...Ch. 13 - A 200-kg object and a 500-kg object are separated...Ch. 13 - During a solar eclipse, the Moon, the Earth, and...Ch. 13 - Two ocean liners, each with a mass of 40 000...Ch. 13 - Three uniform spheres of masses m1 = 2.00 kg, m2 =...Ch. 13 - Two identical isolated particles, each of mass...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.8PCh. 13 - Two objects attract each other with a...Ch. 13 - Review. A student proposes to study the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.11PCh. 13 - Prob. 13.12PCh. 13 - Review. Miranda, a satellite of Uranus, is shown...Ch. 13 - (a) Compute the vector gravitational field at a...Ch. 13 - Three objects of equal mass are located at three...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 - Io, a satellite of Jupiter, has an orbital period...Ch. 13 - A minimum-energy transfer orbit to an outer planet...Ch. 13 - A particle of mass m moves along a straight line...Ch. 13 - Plasketts binary system consists of two starts...Ch. 13 - Two planets X and Y travel counterclockwise in...Ch. 13 - Comet Halley (Fig. P13.23) approaches the Sun to...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.24PCh. 13 - Use Keplers third law to determine how many days...Ch. 13 - Neutron stars are extremely dense objects formed...Ch. 13 - A synchronous satellite, which always remains...Ch. 13 - (a) Given that the period of the Moons orbit about...Ch. 13 - Suppose the Suns gravity were switched off. The...Ch. 13 - A satellite in Earth orbit has a mass of 100 kg...Ch. 13 - How much work is done by the Moons gravitational...Ch. 13 - How much energy is required to move a 1 000-kg...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.33PCh. 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. 13.36PCh. 13 - A 500-kg satellite is in a circular orbit at an...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.38PCh. 13 - Prob. 13.39PCh. 13 - Prob. 13.40PCh. 13 - Prob. 13.41PCh. 13 - Prob. 13.42PCh. 13 - Prob. 13.43PCh. 13 - Prob. 13.44PCh. 13 - Prob. 13.45PCh. 13 - Prob. 13.46PCh. 13 - Ganymede is the largest of Jupiters moons....Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.48PCh. 13 - At the Earths surface, a projectile is launched...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.50APCh. 13 - Prob. 13.51APCh. 13 - Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 surveyed the surface of...Ch. 13 - A satellite is in a circular orbit around the...Ch. 13 - Why is the following situation impossible? A...Ch. 13 - Let gM represent the difference in the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.56APCh. 13 - Prob. 13.57APCh. 13 - Prob. 13.58APCh. 13 - Prob. 13.59APCh. 13 - Two spheres having masses M and 2M and radii R and...Ch. 13 - Two hypothetical planets of masses m1 and m2 and...Ch. 13 - (a) Show that the rate of change of the free-fall...Ch. 13 - A ring of matter is a familiar structure in...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.64APCh. 13 - Review. As an astronaut, you observe a small...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.66APCh. 13 - Studies of the relationship of the Sun to our...Ch. 13 - Review. Two identical hard spheres, each of mass m...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.69APCh. 13 - Prob. 13.70APCh. 13 - Prob. 13.71APCh. 13 - Prob. 13.72APCh. 13 - Prob. 13.73APCh. 13 - Two stars of masses M and m, separated by a...Ch. 13 - Two identical particles, each of mass 1 000 kg,...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.76APCh. 13 - As thermonuclear fusion proceeds in its core, the...Ch. 13 - The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)...Ch. 13 - The oldest artificial satellite still in orbit is...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.80CP
Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, physics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Similar questions
- A team of astronauts is on a mission to land on and explore a large asteroid. In addition to collecting samples and performing experiments, one of their tasks is to demonstrate the concept of the escape speed by throwing rocks straight up at various initial speeds. With what minimum initial speed vesc will the rocks need to be thrown in order for them never to "fall" back to the asteroid? Assume that the asteroid is approximately spherical, with an average density p 3.06 x 106 g/m³ and volume V = 3.32 x 1012 m³. Recall that the universal gravitational constant is G : 6.67 x 10-11 N-m²/kg².arrow_forwardRick is an Aerospace Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsions Laboratory (JPL), and is designing the next mission to Pluto called “New Horizons 2: The Sequel". This time Rick plans to study Pluto's largest moon Charon. Charon has a mass of 1.586 ×1021 kg and a mean radius of 606 km, and might have a nitrogenous atmosphere (N2) just like Pluto. If, for a massive object to have an atmosphere its escape speed must be 12 times greater than the root-mean- square (rms) velocity of the gas (otherwise the gas will slowly leak away over time), what is the maximum temperature that Charon can have and still have a nitrogenous atmosphere? [Charon has a temperature of -281 °C = 55 K, day or night.]arrow_forwardA Neptunium-237 nucleus, initially at rest, decays by emitting an alpha particle. The resulting nucleus is Protactinium-233 and travels to the right with a speed of 1,398 m/s. What is the speed of the alpha particle? The masses of each can be kept in atomic mass units. No need to convert to kilograms. The masses of the Neptunium, Protactinium, and alpha particle are 237, 233, and 4 respectively. Np 237 u v=? Pa 233 u 4 u Give speed, not velocity.arrow_forward
- A 0.50 g/cm³ B 0.80 g/cm³ C 1.40 g/cm³ D 2.00 g/cm³ 20g 20g /40cm² = 0.5g/cm 10 A cube of side 2 cm is placed in a graduated measuring cylinder. 145 cm³ of oil is then added and the cube remains at the bottom of the cylinder. What will be the reading on the measuring cylinder? A 147 cm³ B 149 cm³ C 151 cm³ 153 cm³ D Structured Questions (Paper 2 Section A) 1 The diameter of a screw was measured as accurately as possible using the following instruments: a micrometer, vernier calipers and a metre rule. The table below shows the readings obtained. Complete the table to inarrow_forwardSuppose you could pack neutrons (mass = 1.67 × 10-27 kg) inside a small ball of radius 0.026 m in the same way as neutrons and protons are packed together in the nucleus of an atom. (a) Approximately how many neutrons would fit inside the ball? (b) A small object is placed 3.7 m from the center of the neutron-packed ball, and the ball exerts a gravitational force on it. When the object is released, what is the magnitude of the acceleration that it experiences? Ignore the gravitational force exerted on the object by the earth.arrow_forwardPd Pd 1. Let's consider a toy model of nuclear fission. Suppose an nucleus of Uranium-235 (92 protons, molar weight of 235 g/mole) "splits" into two "daughter" nuclei of Palladium (46 protons each) – this is not how it really happens, but it's a very simple model that actually gives fairly accurate results. The radius of the original U-235 nucleus is about 7.4 x 10-15 m. (a) If the Pd nuclei each have half the volume of the U nucleus, which is reasonable, and they are "touching" right after the split, how far apart are their centers? (b) Using conservation of energy, what will be the sum of the kinetic energies of the Pd nuclei when they are far apart from each other? (c) That's energy of one atom undergoing fission, so what, then, is the energy released by the fission of 1 kg of U-235? Express this in Joules and also in kilotons of TNT, where 1 kt = 4.2x1012 J. (The Hiroshima bomb yielded about 15 kt) (d) How many kwh (kilowatt-hours) of energy is this, (1 kwh = 3.6x10° J), and (if…arrow_forward
- A neutron star is composed of neutrons and has a density that is approximately the same as that of a nucleus (about 2.3 × 1017 kg/m3). What is the radius of a neutron star whose mass is 1.20 times the mass of the sun (M = 1.99 × 1030 kg)?arrow_forwardFor years, the tallest tower in the United States was the Phoenix Shot Tower in Baltimore, Maryland. The shot tower was used from 1828 to1892 to make lead shot for pistols and rifles and molded shot for cannons and other instruments of warfare. Molten lead was dropped from the top of the 82.15 m tall tower into a vat of water. During its free fall, the lead would form a perfectly spherical droplet and solidify. Determine the velocity of the droplet right before it hits the ground. (Note: acceleration = -9.81 m/s/s) (Hint: think about the direction the droplet travels when considering its displacement.) ___________m/sarrow_forwardIf mars has a mass of 6.4 x 1023 kg and a radius of 3.39 x 106m. What is the escape speed needed from the surface of mars?arrow_forward
- An asteroid closely passes the Earth at a range of 17200 mi and relative speed of 7.8 km/s. The diameter is estimated at 30 m with a specific gravity of 3. If this asteroid had impacted Earth, how much energy would have been released? Express this quantity in units of mega- tons (Mton) where a megaton is the energy released by one million metric tons of TNT explosive. A metric ton is 1000 kg and the explosive energy density of TNT is 4184 J/g. Hint: If the asteroid hits the Earth, its relative velocity becomes zero. Ignore any change in asteroid velocity due to gravitational acceleration or air resistance.arrow_forwardJupiter's moon Io has active volcanoes (in fact, it is the most volcanically active body in the solar system) that eject material as high as 500 kmkm (or even higher) above the surface. Io has a mass of 8.93×10^22kg and a radius of 1821 km. How high would this material go on earth if it were ejected with the same speed as on Io? (RE = 6370 km, m_E=5.96×10^24kg) Express your answer with the appropriate units.arrow_forwardThe density of aluminum is 2.7 g/cm^3. How much mass is contained in a chunk of aluminum with a volume of 379mL?arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern ...PhysicsISBN:9781337553292Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. JewettPublisher:Cengage Learning
Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based TextPhysicsISBN:9781133104261Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. JewettPublisher:Cengage Learning
Physics for Scientists and EngineersPhysicsISBN:9781337553278Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. JewettPublisher:Cengage Learning
Modern PhysicsPhysicsISBN:9781111794378Author:Raymond A. Serway, Clement J. Moses, Curt A. MoyerPublisher:Cengage Learning
College PhysicsPhysicsISBN:9781305952300Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris VuillePublisher:Cengage Learning
Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern ...
Physics
ISBN:9781337553292
Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text
Physics
ISBN:9781133104261
Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Physics for Scientists and Engineers
Physics
ISBN:9781337553278
Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Modern Physics
Physics
ISBN:9781111794378
Author:Raymond A. Serway, Clement J. Moses, Curt A. Moyer
Publisher:Cengage Learning
College Physics
Physics
ISBN:9781305952300
Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille
Publisher:Cengage Learning