A spacecraft is orbiting a spherical asteroid when it deploys a probe that falls toward
Chapter 8, Problem 65(choose chapter or problem)
A spacecraft is orbiting a spherical asteroid when it deploys a probe that falls toward the asteroids surface. The spacecraft radios to Earth the probes position and its acceleration; the data are shown in the table below. Determine a quantity that, when you plot a against it, should yield a straight line. Plot the data, determine a best-fit line, and use its slope to determine the asteroids mass. Probe position r (km from asteroids center) 80.0 55.0 40.0 35.0 30.0 Acceleration a (mm/s2 ) 0.172 0.353 0.704 0.858 1.18
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