Sally and Sam are in a spaceship that comes to within 18,000 km of the asteroid Ceres. Determine the force Sally experiences, in N, due to the presence of the asteroid. The mass of the asteroid is 8.7 1020 kg and the mass of Sally is 80 kg. For calculation purposes, assume the two objects to be point masses.

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The force Sally experiences, in N, due to the presence of the asteroid is 0.0143 N.

Force experienced by Sally

F = Gm1m2/R²

where;

  • G is universal gravitation constant
  • m1 is mass of asteroid
  • m2 is mass of Sally
  • R is the distance between Sally and Sam

F = (6.67 x 10⁻¹¹ x 80 x 8.7 x 10²⁰)/(18,000,000)²

F = 0.0143 N

Thus, the force Sally experiences, in N, due to the presence of the asteroid is 0.0143 N.

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