Draw free-body diagrams for these situations. Be sure to draw your coordinate axes and draw separate FBDs for everything in the system and to write out the ? F = m a equations in all relevant dimensions. The Moon orbits around the Earth.

icon
Related questions
Question

Draw free-body diagrams for these situations. Be sure to draw your coordinate axes and draw separate FBDs for everything in the system and to write out the ? F = m a equations in all relevant dimensions.

The Moon orbits around the Earth.

 

Expert Solution
Step 1

Introduction:

The interaction between the earth and the moon is due to gravitational force and no other force so the free body diagram will show only the gravitational attraction.

The moon orbits around the earth so the acceleration will be towards the earth.

The acceleration due to the motion of the moon will be given by,

am=v2r

Here am is the acceleration of the moon and v is its velocity.

The force of gravity between two mass is given by,

F=-GMmr2

steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps with 1 images

Blurred answer