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Review Practice– Universal Law of Gravitation

𝑮𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐
𝑭𝒈 =
𝒓𝟐
Formula for gravitation field strength.

𝑮𝒎𝟏
𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 =
𝒓𝟐

Mass of: Radius of:

Earth 5.98 x 1024 kg Earth 6.38 x 106 m

Jupiter 1.91 x 1027 kg Jupiter 7.14 x 107 m
Mars 6.43 x 1023 kg Mars 3.40 x 106 m
Mercury 3.32 x 1023 kg Mercury 2.44 x 106 m
The Moon 7.36 x 1022 kg Neptune 2.43 x 107 m
Neptune 1.03 x 1026 kg The Sun 7.00 x 108 m
Saturn 5.68 x 1026 kg Uranus 2.61 x 107 m
The Sun 1.99 x 1030 kg Venus 6.05 x 106 m
Uranus 8.74 x 1025 kg
Venus 4.89 x 1024 kg
Katar 7.27 x 1025 kg
𝑮𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐 G = 6.67 x 10-11
𝑭𝒈 = Nm2/kg2
𝒓𝟐

distance from Earth to the sun = 1.50 x 1011 m distance from Saturn to the sun = 1.43 x 1012 m
distance from Earth to the moon = 3.84 x 108 m

1 pound = 4.545 newtons 1 meter = 3.28 feet 1 mile = 1609 meters

Remember Fg = weight

1) How much would a 189.0-kg person weigh on Mercury?

2) How much would your 34.0-kg dog weigh on Neptune?

3) How much would a 22.0 kg bag of groceries weigh on the sun?

4) How much would a 175 kg. football player weigh on Venus?

5) Which is greater, the force exerted by the Earth on the Sun, or the force exerted by the Sun on the Earth? Why?

6) Two students are measuring the Gravitational Attraction between each other. One student weighs 120 kg. The
other student weighs 108 kg.

Calculate the gravitational pull they have on each other.

7) If a 78.2-kg kangaroo weighs 6742 N on the planet Katar, calculate Katar’s radius.

8) If you dropped a ball while standing on the surface of Katar, at what rate would it accelerate toward the ground?

9) Calculate the gravitational pull between the Earth and the Moon

Bonus) What is the gravitational field strength of the Earth 55300 meters from the surface of the Earth?