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Virtually no one acknowledged Newton's work during his lifetime.
True
False
What is the force of gravity (in Newtons) acting between the Earth and a 125-kg person standing on the surface of the Earth?
A planet in orbit about the Sun will move the fastest when it is ...
farthest from the Sun
closest to the Sun
closest to the empty focus
at aphelion
The statement: "Planets sweep out equal area in equal time." is also known as ...
Kepler's Second Law
Newton's Law of Gravity
Kepler's First Law
Kepler's Third Law
What is the orbital period (in years) of a planet with a semimajor axis of 35 AU?
What is the force of gravity (in Newtons) acting between the Sun and a 4,500-kg rocket that is 0.75 AU from the Sun?
What is the orbital period (in years) of a planet with a semimajor axis of 15 AU?
Virtually no one acknowledged Galileo's work during his lifetime.
True
False
Newton is credited with which of the following? [Select all that apply]
improving the telescope
single-handedly developing calculus
uncovering important properties of light
discovering principles of gravitational attraction
What is the semimajor axis (in AU) of a planet with an orbital period of 14 years?
Virtually no one acknowledged Kepler's work during his lifetime.
True
False
Gravity between two objects is __________ proportional to the product of their masses and __________ proportional to the square of the distance between them.
directly, indirectly
directly, directly
indirectly, indirectly
indirectly, directly