Foundations of Astronomy (MindTap Course List)
Foundations of Astronomy (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337399920
Author: Michael A. Seeds, Dana Backman
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Consider an object of mass 78.3kg. Assume that it’s made up of equal numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Youve separated the boxes of protons and electrons by a distance of 65 m. If you were to release the clump of protons from their box, how much acceleration would the clump of protons undergo due to its attraction to the clump of electrons in the other box?

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Mass of object:   78.3 kg

Distance between boxes of protons and electrons d=65 m

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