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The planet Venus revolves around the Sun once every 224.7 days. The radius of Venus' orbit around the Sun is about R = 1.082 x 10^11 m. The radius of the Sun is Rsun = 6.96 x 10^8 m. a) (2 pts) Assuming a circular orbit of Venus around the Sun, calculate the speed of Venus in m/s around the Sun? _____ m/s b) (2 pts) What is the angular speed (omega) of Venus around the Sun in radians/sec? _ rad/s c) (2 pts) Assuming that Venus' orbit is circular around the Sun, what is the centripetal acceleration ac of the Venus towards the Sun in m/s^2? _______ m/s^2

          The planet Venus revolves around the Sun once every 224.7 days. The radius of Venus' orbit around the Sun is about R = 1.082 x 10^11 m. The radius of the Sun is Rsun = 6.96 x 10^8 m.

a) (2 pts) Assuming a circular orbit of Venus around the Sun, calculate the speed of Venus in m/s around the Sun?
___________ m/s

b) (2 pts) What is the angular speed (omega) of Venus around the Sun in radians/sec?
___________ rad/s

c) (2 pts) Assuming that Venus' orbit is circular around the Sun, what is the centripetal acceleration ac of the Venus towards the Sun in m/s^2?
___________ m/s^2

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The planet Venus revolves around the Sun once every 224.7 days. The radius of Venus' orbit around the Sun is about R = 1.082 x 10^11 m. The radius of the Sun is Rsun = 6.96 x 10^8 m.

a) (2 pts) Assuming a circular orbit of Venus around the Sun, calculate the speed of Venus in m/s around the Sun?
m/s

b) (2 pts) What is the angular speed (omega) of Venus around the Sun in radians/sec?
rad/s

c) (2 pts) Assuming that Venus' orbit is circular around the Sun, what is the centripetal acceleration ac of the Venus towards the Sun in m/s^2?
m/s^2

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- The formula for the speed \( v \) of an object in circular motion is given by: \[ v = \frac{2 \pi R}{T} \] where \( R = 1.082 \times 10^{11} \) m is the radius of Venus' orbit and \( T = 224.7 \) days is the orbital period. - Convert \( T \) from days Show more…

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The planet Venus revolves around the Sun once every 224.7 days. The radius of Venus' orbit around the Sun is about R = 1.082 x 10^11 m. The radius of the Sun is Rsun = 6.96 x 10^8 m. (2 pts) Assuming a circular orbit of Venus around the Sun, calculate the speed of Venus in m/s around the Sun? (2 pts) What is the angular speed (omega) of Venus around the Sun in radians/sec? (2 pts) Assuming that Venus' orbit is circular around the Sun, what is the centripetal acceleration (ac) of Venus towards the Sun in m/s^2?

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