The two pieces of the spacecraft are returned to their initial configuration with a period of 226.8 seconds. A
The escape pods each have a mass of 13200 kg and are ejected with a speed of 79.13 m/s along the directions indicated in the figure with θ = 27 degrees.
What is the new period of the remaining spacecraft after the two escape pods are ejected?
*Original Scenario* - One way to provide artificial gravity (i.e., a feeling of weight) on long space voyages is to separate a spacecraft into two parts at the ends of a long cable, and set them rotating about their center of mass. A craft has been separated into two parts with a mass of 87900 kg each, at the ends of a cable with their centers of mass 91 m apart, rotating around the center point of the cable with a period of 226.8 seconds.
Trending now
This is a popular solution!
Step by step
Solved in 4 steps with 4 images
