In one of NASA's space tether experiments, a 20.0-km long conducting wire was deployed by the space shuttle as it orbited at 7.86 x 10³ m/s around earth and across earth's magnetic field lines. The resulting motional emf was used as a power source. If the component of earth's magnetic field perpendicular to the tether was 1.49 x 10-5 T, determine the maximum possible potential difference between the two ends of the tether.

In one of NASA's space tether experiments, a 20.0-km long conducting wire was deployed by the space shuttle as it orbited at 7.86 x 10³ m/s around earth and across earth's magnetic field lines. The resulting motional emf was used as a power source. If the component of earth's magnetic field perpendicular to the tether was 1.49 x 10-5 T, determine the maximum possible potential difference between the two ends of the tether.

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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