planet x rotates in the same manner as the earth, around an axis through its north and south poles, and is perfectly spherical. an astronaut who weighs 943.0 n on the earth weighs 915.0 n at the north pole of planet x and only 850.0 n at its equator. the distance from the north pole to the equator is 18,850 km, measured along the surface of planet x. (a) how long is the day on planet x? (b) if a 45,000 kg satellite is placed in a circular orbit 2000 km above the surface of planet x, what will be its orbital period?



Answer :

The length of the day on planet x would be 2.65 * 10⁴. On the other hand, the orbital speed of the satellite would be: 8.9 * 10³.

How to find the length of the day on planet X?

To find the length of the day on planet X we must take into account the information provided in the question and carry out the following mathematical procedure:

The distance between North Pole and equator over the surface that is equal to the one-fourth of the circumference.

[tex]d = \frac{2\pi R}{4} \\\\R= \frac{2d}{\pi} \\= \frac{(18850 km)}{\pi } \\\\= 12000 km[/tex]

Therefore,

[tex]8.837 m/s^{2} = 9.509 m/s^{2} - (12000 * 10^{3} m ) 2 cos (rad)\\\\\\\sqrt{\frac{9.509 m/s^{2} - 8.8357 m/s^{2} }{12000 * 10^{3 m} } } \\\\= 2.2368 * 10^{-4} rad/s[/tex]

Therefore, the time period of the planet is

[tex]T = \frac{2\pi }{2.368 * 10^{-4} rad/s} \\= 2.65 * 10^{4} seg[/tex]

This is the time of one day in the planet X.

How to calculate the orbital velocity of the satellite?

To calculate the orbital speed of the satellite we must take into account the data provided by the question and carry out the following procedure:

The mass of the planet X is,

M = gx-northpole R 2/G

[tex]M = \frac{gx - north pole R2}{ G}\\= \frac{(9.509 m/s^{2})(12000 * 10^{3})}{6.67 * 10 x^{-11} N * m^{2}/kg^{2} } \\= 2.053 * 10^{25} kg\\[/tex]

The orbital speed of the satellite is,

[tex]Vo = \sqrt[2]{x} \frac{GM}{r} \\= \sqrt[n]{\frac{(6..67*10^{-11})(2.053 * 1025kg}{12000*10^{3} + 2000 * 10^{3}) m } } \\= 9.88 * 10 x^{3} m/s[/tex]

The orbital speed of the satellite is,

[tex]T = \frac{2\pi r}{Vo} \\= \frac{2\pi (12000*10^{3} m + 2000 * 10^{3} m }{9.88 * 10^{3} m/s } \\=8.9 * 10^{3} s[/tex]

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