Mars orbits the Sun at an average distance of 147.72*10^6 km in a neraly circular orbit. The period for one revolution is 686.93 earth days. Find the average centripetal acceleration of planet Mars in its orbit around the Sun.

Mars orbits the Sun at an average distance of 147.72*10^6 km in a neraly circular orbit. The period for one revolution is 686.93 earth days. Find the average centripetal acceleration of planet Mars in its orbit around the Sun.

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A particle, body, object or certain mass while travelling in a rotational path or semicircular path, experiences an inertia force. If that inertia force pulls the towards the inward of the imaginary circle in the rotation, it is termed as centripetal force.

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Mars orbits the Sun at an average distance of
147.72* 10^6 km in a neraly circular orbit. The
period for one revolution is 686.93 earth days. Find
the average centripetal acceleration of planet Mars
in its orbit around the Sun.

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