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(II) Every few hundred years most of the planets line up on the same side of the Sun
Chapter 5, Problem 40P(choose chapter or problem)
(II) Every few hundred years most of the planets line up on the same side of the Sun. Calculate the total force on the Earth due to Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn, assuming all four planets are in a line (Fig. ). The masses are , and their mean distances from the Sun are , and 1430 million , respectively. What fraction of the Sun's force on the Earth is this?
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QUESTION:
(II) Every few hundred years most of the planets line up on the same side of the Sun. Calculate the total force on the Earth due to Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn, assuming all four planets are in a line (Fig. ). The masses are , and their mean distances from the Sun are , and 1430 million , respectively. What fraction of the Sun's force on the Earth is this?
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Solution 40P
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We are required to calculate the total force on the earth due to the other planets. Also, we need to compare this force with that between the sun and the earth.