Question

calculate the force of gravitation between the earth and the sun given that the mass of the earth is 6×10²⁴kg and of the sun is 2×10³⁰ kg. The average distance between the two is 1.5×10¹¹.​

Answer 1

Given : Mass of earth m=6×10

24

kg

Mass of Sun M=2×10

30

kg

Distance between sun and earth r=1.5×10

11

m

Force of gravitation between them F=

r

2

GMm

F=

(1.5×10

11

)

2

6.67×10

−11

×(6×10

24

)×(2×10

30

)

=3.557×10

22

N