A planet of mass 7.00 1025 kg is in a circular orbit of radius 6.00 1011 m around a star. The star exerts a force on the planet of constant magnitude 6.51 1022 N. The speed of the planet is 2.36 104 m/s.
(a) In half a "year" the planet goes half way around the star. What is the distance that the planet travels along the semicircle?
distance = m
(b) During this half "year", how much work is done on the planet by the gravitational force acting on the planet?
work = J
(c) What is the change in kinetic energy of the planet?
?K = J
(d) What is the magnitude of the change of momentum of the planet?
|?p| = kg · m/s