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(a) The Sun orbits the Milky Way galaxy once each 2.60 x

Chapter 6, Problem 41

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(a) The Sun orbits the Milky Way galaxy once each 2.60 x 108 y, with a roughly circular orbit averaging 3.00 x 104 light years in radius. (A light year is the distance traveled by light in 1 y.) Calculate the centripetal acceleration of the Sun in its galactic orbit. Does your result support the contention that a nearly inertial frame of reference can be located at the Sun?

(b) Calculate the average speed of the Sun in its galactic orbit. Does the answer surprise you?

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QUESTION:

Problem 41PE

(a) The Sun orbits the Milky Way galaxy once each 2.60 x 108 y, with a roughly circular orbit averaging 3.00 x 104 light years in radius. (A light year is the distance traveled by light in 1 y.) Calculate the centripetal acceleration of the Sun in its galactic orbit. Does your result support the contention that a nearly inertial frame of reference can be located at the Sun?

(b) Calculate the average speed of the Sun in its galactic orbit. Does the answer surprise you?

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Sun is orbiting around the Milky Way galaxy. The time period and the radius of the orbit is given.

Calculate the centripetal acceleration and the average speed of sun.

Part (a)

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