Use the gravitational force equation to fill in the following table (G = 6.673 x 10-11 N·m2/kg2).
| Mass of Object 1 (kg) |
Mass of Object 2 (kg)
|
Distance of Separation* (m)
|
Fgrav (N)
|
Significance of Numbers
|
|
60.0
|
60.0
|
1.0
|
|
Two typical students in physics class
|
|
60.0
|
5.98x1024
|
6.37x106
|
|
A typical student on the surface of the Earth
|
|
60.0
|
11.96x1024
|
6.37x106
|
|
A typical student on an Earth with twice the mass
|
|
60.0
|
5.98x1024
|
3.18x106
|
|
A typical student on an Earth with half the radius
|
|
60.0
|
5.98x1024
|
6.47x106
|
|
A typical student in orbit 60 miles above the Earth
|
|
60.0
|
1.2x1022
|
1.15x106
|
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A typical student on the surface of the Pluto
|
|
60.0
|
1.901x1027
|
6.98x107
|
|
A typical student on the "surface" of the Jupiter
|
The distance of separation means the distance between the centers of the two masses (NOT the distance between the two objects' edges.).