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Sunjamming. A sun yacht is a spacecraft with a large sail
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Sunjamming. A sun yacht is a spacecraft with a large sail that is pushed by sunlight.Although such a push is tiny in everyday circumstances, it can be large enough to send the spacecraft outward from the Sun on a cost-free but slow trip. Suppose that the spacecraft has a mass of 900 kg and receives a push of 20 N. (a) What is the magnitude of the resulting acceleration? If the craft starts from rest, (b) how far will it travel in 1 day and (c) how fast will it then be moving?
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Sunjamming. A sun yacht is a spacecraft with a large sail that is pushed by sunlight.Although such a push is tiny in everyday circumstances, it can be large enough to send the spacecraft outward from the Sun on a cost-free but slow trip. Suppose that the spacecraft has a mass of 900 kg and receives a push of 20 N. (a) What is the magnitude of the resulting acceleration? If the craft starts from rest, (b) how far will it travel in 1 day and (c) how fast will it then be moving?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3 a) Using the Newton’s law we can write the force acting on the spacecraft is, Implies, The acceleration, Given mass of the spacecraft, Push force on the spacecraft, So, The magnitude of the resulting acceleration is .