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Solved Example Problems for Acceleration Due to Gravity of the Earth

Solved Example Problems for Variation of g(acceleration of gravity) with altitude, depth and latitude, Acceleration Due to Gravity of the Earth

EXAMPLE 6.7

1. Calculate the value of g in the following two cases: 

a) If a mango of mass ½ kg falls from a tree from a height of 15 meters, what is the acceleration due to gravity when it begins to fall? 

Solution

 

b) Consider a satellite orbiting the Earth in a circular orbit of radius 1600 km above the surface of the Earth. What is the acceleration experienced by the satellite due to Earth’s gravitational force?

Solution


The above two examples show that the acceleration due to gravity is a constant near the surface of the Earth.

 

EXAMPLE 6.8

Find out the value of g′ in your school laboratory?

Solution

Calculate the latitude of the city or village where the school is located. The information is available in Google search. For example, the latitude of Chennai is approximately 13 degree.

′ = g âˆ’ω 2 R cos2 Î»

Here Ï‰2R = (2x3.14/86400)2 x (6400x103) = 3.4x10−2 m s−2.

It is to be noted that the value of λ should be in radian and not in degree. 13 degree is equivalent to 0.2268 rad.

g′ = 9.8 âˆ’ ( 3.4 Ã— 10−2 Ã— ( cos 0.2268)2

g = 9.7677 m s−2


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