2. Two spherical objects with radii 1 m have masses of 1.5 kg and 8.5 kg. They are separated by adistance of 18 m. Find the gravitational attraction between them.r= 1 m

Respuesta :

To find the gravitational force between the objects we use Newton's gravitaional law.

[tex]F=G\frac{m_1m_2}{r^2}[/tex]

where G is the gravitational constant, m1 and m2 are the masses and r is the distance between the center of gravity of objects.

In this case, assuming the separation between the objects is at the border, the value of r is 20 m.

Then we have:

[tex]\begin{gathered} F=6.6743\times10^{-11}\cdot\frac{(8.5)(1.5)}{(20)^2} \\ =2.127\times10^{-12} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore the gravitational force between the objects is:

[tex]2.127\times10^{-12}\text{ N}[/tex]