Question

the earth moving around the sun in a circular orbit is acted upon by a force and hands work must be done on the earth by this force do you agree with the statement​

Answer 1

Earth is revolving around the sun in a circular path. For it, a centripetal force is required which is provided by gravitational force between the earth and the sun.

We know,

Work done = Fscosθ

Where F is gravitational force, ‘s’ is the displacement travelled by earth and ‘θ’ is the angle between them.

Since, force and motion of earth are perpendicular to each other, θ=90˚ and

Work done = Fscos90˚= 0.

Hence, there is no work done on the earth by this gravitational force.