Question

A 5.3 × 1012 kg satellite is 1,800 m from another satellite that has a mass of 3.5 × 108 kg. what is the gravitational force between the satellites?

Answer 1

The answer according to E2020 is 3.82 X 10^4 N

Answer 2

38.2 kN is the answer.

Gravitational force is calculated as follows:

F = GMm/R^2, where F is the force of gravity; G is gravitational constant = 6.67408*10^-11 m^3/kg.s^2; M is first mass = 5.3*10^12 kg; m is the second mass = 3.5*10^8 kg; R is the distance between the two masses = 1,800 m.

Substituting;

F = (6.67408*10^-11)*(5.3*10^12)*(3.5*10^8)/1,800^2 = 38,211.17 N ≈ 38.2 kN

What is gravity in a short answer?

Gravity is the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center. The force of gravity keeps all of the planets in orbit around the sun.

What is the gravitational force?

The gravitational force is a force that attracts any two objects with mass. We call the gravitational force attractive because it always tries to pull masses together, it never pushes them apart. In fact, every object, including you, is pulling on every other object in the entire universe.

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