Question

Venus orbits the sun in one complete revolution every 225 days. Assuming that Venus orbits the sun in a circular orbit, use the appropriate in your text to solve the following problems.

A. Calculate the gravitational force that the sun exerts on Venus. how does this force compare to the gravitational force Venus exerts on the Sun?

B. Calculate the period (in seconds) for one complete revolution of Venus around the Sun.

C. Determine the magnitude and direction of the velocity (in m/s) and acceleration (in m/s^2) of Venus as it travels around the sun. include a sketch of the sun and Venus (and its orbit) along with vectors to clearly show the directions of the velocity and acceleration of Venus at one position in its orbit around the sun.

D. Venus rotates about its axis once every 243 days (yes, it takes longer to rotate than to revolve around the sun) clockwise as viewed from its north pole. Determine Venus' angular velocity (in rad/second) dong forget direction.

E. Determine the linear speed of Venus as a result of its rotation at the equator (in m/s).

Answer 1