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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
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The International Space Station has a mass of 350 Tonnes ad orbits the earth at an average height of 340 km Where the gravitational acceleration is 8.8 ms-2. The radius of the earth is 6400 km. Calculate the time taken for each orbit

Important Questions on Circular Motion

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The International Space Station has a mass of 350 tonnes ad orbits the earth at an average height of 340 km where the gravitational acceleration is 8.8 ms-2. The radius of the earth is 6400 km. Calculate the number of times it orbits the Earth each day.

EASY
AS and A Level
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An toy truck of mass 0.40 kg travels round a horizontal circular track of radius 0.50m. It makes three complete revolutions every 10 seconds. Calculate its speed

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
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An toy truck of mass 0.40 kg travels round a horizontal circular track of radius 0.50m. It makes three complete revolutions every 10 seconds. Calculate its centripetal acceleration

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

An toy truck of mass 0.40 kg travels round a horizontal circular track of radius 0.50m. It makes three complete revolutions every 10 seconds. Calculate the centripetal force.

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Mars orbits the Sun once every 687 days at a distance of 2.3×1011m. The mass of Mars is 6.4×1023kg Calculate the average speed in metres per second

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Mars orbits the Sun once every 687 days at a distance of 2.3×1011m. The mass of Mars is 6.4×1023kg Calculate its centripetal acceleration.

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Mars orbits the Sun once every 687 days at a distance of 2.3×1011m. The mass of Mars is 6.4×1023kg Calculate the gravitational force exerted on Mars by the Sun.

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Explain why it is impossible to whirl a bung around on the end of a string in such a way that the string remains perfectly horizontal.