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The earth’s orbit about the sun is almost a circle. The average orbital radius for the earth is 1.496 x 10^11 m. Its linear speed in its orbit is _____ m/s. Round to three significant digits.

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The earth’s orbit about the sun is almost a circle. The average orbital radius for the earth is 1.496 x 10^11 m. Its linear speed in its orbit is _____ m/s. Round to three significant digits.

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Solution

To find the linear speed of the Earth in its orbit, we need to use the formula for the speed of an object moving in a circular path, which is v = 2πr/T, where:

  • v is the linear speed
  • r is the radius of the circle (the average orbital radius for the Earth)
  • T is the period of the motion (the time it takes for the Earth to complete one orbit around the Sun)

We know that r = 1.496 x 10^11 m and T = 1 year = 365.25 days = 31557600 seconds (taking into account leap years).

Substituting these values into the formula, we get:

v = 2π(1.496 x 10^11 m) / 31557600 s

Now, we just need to calculate the value:

v ≈ 2 * 3.14159 * (1.496 x 10^11 m) / 31557600 s ≈ 29800 m/s

So, the Earth's linear speed in its orbit is approximately 29800 m/s, rounded to three significant digits.

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