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Textbook Solutions for Physics: Principles with Applications

Chapter 8 Problem 9P

Question

(II) Calculate the angular velocity of the Earth (a) in its orbit around the Sun, and (6) about its

axis.

Solution

Step 1 of 2

(a) The Earth makes one orbit around the Sun in one year.

Now 1 yr = 365 x 24 x 3600 s = 3.16 x 107 s.

Therefore, the angular velocity of Earth around the Sun:

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 6 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780130606204

?. (II) Calculate the angular velocity of the Earth (a) in

Chapter 8 textbook questions

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