A spaceship which is 50,000 kilometers from the center of Earth has a mass of 3,000 kilograms. What is the magnitude of the force of gravity acting on the spaceship? (The value of G is 6.673 × 10-11 newton meter2/kilogram2. The mass of Earth is 5.98 × 1024 kilograms.)

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fifciol · Answer

$$F=\frac{ GMm }{ d^2 }=\frac{ 6,673*10^{-11}*3000* 5.98*10^{24}}{ (5*10^4)^2 }$$

anonymous · Answer

What is the force of gravity between Earth (6.0 × 1024 kilograms) and Venus (4.88 × 1024 kilograms)? The distance between the two planets is about 3.8 × 1010 meters. (The value of G is 6.673 × 10-11 newton meter2/kilogram2. The mass of Earth is 5.98 × 1024 kilograms.)