. (II) In traveling to the Moon, astronauts aboard theApollo spacecraft put the spacecraft into a slow rotation todistribute the Sun’s energy evenly (so one side would notbecome too hot). At the start of their trip, they acceleratedfrom no rotation to 1.0 revolution every minute during a12-min time interval. Think of the spacecraft as a cylinderwith a diameter of 8.5 m rotating about its cylindrical axis.Determine (a) the angular acceleration, and (b) the radialand tangential components of the linear acceleration of apoint on the skin of the ship 6.0 min after it started thisacceleration
Gravitational force
In nature, every object is attracted by every other object. This phenomenon is called gravity. The force associated with gravity is called gravitational force. The gravitational force is the weakest force that exists in nature. The gravitational force is always attractive.
Acceleration Due to Gravity
In fundamental physics, gravity or gravitational force is the universal attractive force acting between all the matters that exist or exhibit. It is the weakest known force. Therefore no internal changes in an object occurs due to this force. On the other hand, it has control over the trajectories of bodies in the solar system and in the universe due to its vast scope and universal action. The free fall of objects on Earth and the motions of celestial bodies, according to Newton, are both determined by the same force. It was Newton who put forward that the moon is held by a strong attractive force exerted by the Earth which makes it revolve in a straight line. He was sure that this force is similar to the downward force which Earth exerts on all the objects on it.
. (II) In traveling to the Moon, astronauts aboard the
Apollo spacecraft put the spacecraft into a slow rotation to
distribute the Sun’s energy evenly (so one side would not
become too hot). At the start of their trip, they accelerated
from no rotation to 1.0 revolution every minute during a
12-min time interval. Think of the spacecraft as a cylinder
with a diameter of 8.5 m rotating about its cylindrical axis.
Determine (a) the
and tangential components of the linear acceleration of a
point on the skin of the ship 6.0 min after it started this
acceleration
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