Practicing Success
Imagine a light planet revolving around a very massive star in a circular orbit of radius R with a period of revolution T. If the gravitational force of attraction between the planet and the star is proportional to R-5/2, then T2 is proportional to: |
R3 R7/2 R3/2 R3.75 |
R7/2 |
$m R \omega^2=F_{g r}$ $\Rightarrow m R \omega^2=\frac{k}{R^{5 / 2}}$ $\omega^2=\frac{k}{m R^{7 / 2}} \quad \Rightarrow \quad \omega \propto \frac{1}{R^{7 / 4}}$ $\Rightarrow T \propto R^{7 / 4} \quad \Rightarrow \quad T^2 \propto R^{7 / 2}$ |