44 Universal Gravitation
44 Universal Gravitation
Physics
Universal Gravitation
01. Two satellites A and B orbit around a planet of radius 03. (UFOP-MG) The second law of
Point A is at an altitude of 3R and point B is at an altitude of 5R. Kepler (Law of Areas) establishes
Given T for the period A, determine the period B. what line is drawn from the Sun
Resolution any planet describes areas
equal in equal times.
RA = 4R Determine which section, AB or
R A B CD, from the orbit of the planet to
RB = 6R
3R his speed is greater,
TA = T 5R justifying the answer based on
in the cited law.
T2 Resolution
FromaKepler's 3rd Law: = constant
R3 The speed is greater in section CD, because as the distance to the
Sun is smaller, the arc traveled must be bigger for the area to be
2
TA TB2 2
TA TB2 the same.
= =
R 3A R 3B ( 4R )3 (6R )3
04. The Intelsat III satellite, used by Embratel, has a period
T2 63 63 If your mass were doubled, your period would be:
2
B (
T=6R. )3 3
2
T=
B T2 T=
B T
(4R ) 43 43 T' = 1/3 T d) T' = 9T
TB 1, 83 T b) T' = 3T e) T' = 1/9 T
c) T' = T
Resolution
The weight of a body on a certain planet is P. If The period does not depend on the mass, but on the radius of the orbit.
if we double the mass and triple the radius of the planet, what Alternative C
it will be the new weight of the body, assuming this body in
surface?
05. (UF-MA) In the solar system, a planet in circular orbit
Resolution: of radius R takes two Earth years to complete a
revolution. In Earth years, what is the period of the revolution
GMm from another planet, in an orbit of radius 2 R?
F=
G =P
R2 R
a) 5, 6 b) 8 c) 3, 1 d) 7
If R' = 3R
Resolution
M' = 2M we have:
T12 T22 2
T.R
1
3
2
3
2.R 3
= T2 = = .T 1= 8.T 1
F'=G
G
2M.m
=2
GMm
=
2
P R13 R 32 R13 R3
2 9 R2 9
(3R ) But T = T2 = 2 8 = 4 2 = 5.6 years
1 2 years
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Alternative B
60 N
6.6 N
600 N
66.6 N
60.6 N
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10. (FAMECA) Assuming that the acceleration of gravity at Resolution:
if sea level is g, it can be said that, at an altitude equal to
at the Earth's radius above sea level, a 4 kg satellite, GM GM GM g
ac = = = =
2 2 4R 2 4
describing a circular orbit in the equatorial plane, it would be (R+h ) (2R)
subject to a centripetal acceleration equal to:
Alternative A
a) g/4 b) g/2 2g 4g n.d.a.
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14. Considering R as the radius of the Earth and g as the acceleration of Resolution:
T
gravity on the Earth's surface, what is the distance d between the
GMm P0 GMm GMm
center of the Earth and a particle of mass m, so that this P0 = P= =
2
RT 2 d2 2
2RT
have half of your weight on the surface?
a) d = RT 2 d = RT 2
b) d = 2RT Alternative A
c) d = RT
RT
d) d =
2
e) d = 2 R T
16. (FUVEST) The ratio between the masses of a planet and of a Resolution:
satellite81. A rocket is at a distance R from 81 m m
A
The planet is at a distance from the satellite. What should the value be? m
Planet→81
of the reason R/r, so that the two attractive forces on the satellite
R r
rocket balance?
a) 1 G.81m.m F G.m.m F R2 R
b) 3 = = 81 =9
R 2 r2 r 2 r
c) 9
27 Alternative C
e) 81
17. (UF-PA) The Earth, while describing its orbit around the Sun, Resolution:
passes through points A, B, C, and D, as shown in the figure
below. If the time taken by our planet to go from A to Equal areas are swept in equal times (Second Law of Kepler).
B is equal to the time he spends traveling from C to D,
we can affirm that the areas A and 1 A, hatched
2 in
figures satisfy the relationship: Alternative D
a) A 1= 2A 2
C B
b) A 1= 2 A2
c) A 1= 2A3 2
A1
A2
d) A 1= A 2
A2
e) A 1= D
2
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18.(UF-MG)ConsideringKeplers' lawsonthe Resolution:
the movement of the planets can be said that:
a) It's the opposite. The farther away, the weaker the attraction.
c) The period of revolution of a planet does not depend on its mass.
a) the speed of a planet in its orbit increases to
There is no relationship between a planet's day and year.
as he moves away from the Sun The Sun is at one of the foci of the ellipse, displaced from the center.
b) the period of revolution of a planet is both greater
the greater your distance from the Sun Note: Even if any of these alternatives were correct,
c) the period of revolution of a planet is both shorter none of them would be described by Kepler's Laws.
the greater your mass
d) the rotation period of a planet around its a
Elliptical orbits with the Sun at one of the foci.
the axis is greater the longer its period is 2a Laws: Equal areas in equal times.
revolution 3a Lei: T2 = k.R3
the Sun is located exactly in the center of the
elliptical orbit described by a given planet Alternative B
19. (UF-PA) Two satellites, 1 and 2, of the same planet have Resolution:
periods that satisfy the relation T = 2T.
2 So, the
1
reason R 1/ R2between the radii of the orbits of these satellites
T12 T2 R13 T2 R1 T2
is equal to: = 2 = 1 = 3 1
R13 R 32 R 32 T22 R2 T22
a) 1/2 b) 3 1/4
R1 T12 T12 R1 1
= 3 = 3 = 3
R2
c) 1/2 2 d) 2 2
(2T1 )2 4T12 R2 4
e) 4 Alternative B
20. (UF-RN) If the mass of the Earth did not change, but its Resolution:
if the radius were reduced by half, our weight would be:
GM
reduced to a quarter g=
R2
b) reduced by half
the same R Good Morning
GM 4 GM
R'→ g’ = = = GM. equals 4
2 2 R2
d) doubled 2 R R R2
e) quadrupled 2 4
21. (PUC) The force exerted by the Earth on an object is quite Resolution:
distant from its surface is F. If the distance of this object GMm
at the center of the Earth for bending, what will be the new value of the F=
force exerted by the Earth? d2
GMm GMm 1 GMm
as d'→2d : F' = = = .
2 2 4 d2
(2d ) 4d
1 F
F’= F F’ =
4 4
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2πR 2πR R3
but v= T= T = 2π
T v GM
4 π 2R 3 4 π 2R 3
T2 = M=
GM G T2
4
sphere V= πR 3
3
M 2 3
4πR 3 3
so: d = = . d=
V GT 2 4πR 3 G T2
23. (MED-ABC) Mars has two satellites: Phobos, which moves Resolution:
in a circular orbit, with a radius of 9,700 km and a period of 2.75 x 104s,
and Deimos, which has a circular orbit with a radius of 24,300 km. The TD 2 TF2 R D3 R D3
= TD2 = T F2 . TD = T.
R F3
the period of Deimos, expressed in seconds, is a value F
R D3 R F3 R F3
closer to:
2.2 x 10 4 24,300 3
4 TD = 2.75x10.4 4 = 10.9x10 s
= 2.75x10.397 4
b) 8.2x10 9 7003
c) 1.1x10 5
TD = 1.09 . 5 10 s
2.2 x 10 6
e) 1.1x10 7 Alternative C
h=R2-R h = R(2 - 1)
25. (CESGRANRIO) Knowing that the mass of the Moon is 0.012 times Resolution:
from the Earth, that the radius of the Moon is 0.27 that of the Earth, and that the
GMm
. L G.0.012M.m.h
2 the work
the gravitational acceleration on Earth is 10 m/s, τp = P.h = .h =
T
=
R 2L (0.27 R)T 2
necessary to lift a body of 10kg, up to the height
of 40 m, will be: G MT
= 0.164 2
.m.h = 0.164 mgh
177.7J RT
b) 710.8J
c) 820 J τp = [Link].40 ≈ 656 J
900 J
Alternative E
e) 656 J
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26. The acceleration of gravity (g) on the surface of a planet Resolution:
is given by
If we consider the effect of the Earth's rotation, we conclude that the
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: Gravity increases with latitude, so statementa 1 is incorrect.
GM , where: M: mass of the planet
g= Alternative C
R2
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point where g is to be calculated
B
28. (FATEC) Consider a satellite Resolution:
in orbit around the Earth
passing through points A, B, C and The velocity must be tangent to the trajectory.
D, in this order. When the satelliteC A
Alternative B
is in:
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→
30. (UFMA) Let F be the force of attraction of the Sun on a Resolution:
[Link] times larger,ado
planet, five times larger, and the distance between them was GMm G.3M.5m Good Morning
reduced by half, the force of attraction between the Sun and the F= F' = = 60 =60 F
d2 (d/2) 2 d2
the planet would become:
Alternative D
a) 3 F
15 F
7.5F
60 F
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33. (FUVEST) Inside a satellite in orbit around the Resolution:
Terra, the much talked about 'absence of weight', responsible for
the fluctuation of an object within the satellite is due to the fact a) Absurd! Gravitational force is a field force.
about what b) has nothing to do withATM
P.
a) the satellite's orbit is in a vacuum and the gravity c) This only occurs at a single point in space. It is not necessary.
does not propagate in a vacuum
there must be a balance of forces for there to be weightlessness.
b) the satellite's orbit is outside the atmosphere, not
suffering thus the effects of atmospheric pressure d) Absurd! Centrifugal force is a fictitious force, a trick.
c) the lunar attraction balances the terrestrial attraction and,
mathematician to apply Newton's Laws in a reference frame
consequently, the weight of any object is zero
non-inertial.
d) the force of terrestrial attraction, centripetal, is much smaller
that the centrifugal force inside the satellite
Alternative E
e) the satellite and the floating object have the same acceleration,
produced solely by gravitational forces
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37. (MED Itajubá-MG) How many years would it be, approximately? Resolution:
Essentially, the period of a planet, orbiting around the
Sun, if its distance to the center of gravity were
TP 2 TT 2 R P3 R P3
8 times the distance Earth-Sun? = TP2 = TT2 . TP = T.
T
R P3 R T3 R T3 R T3
(8R)T 3 83 R T3
but R =P 8R T TP = 1. = =8 3
R T3 R T3
TP 22.63 years
38. (FUVEST) The ratio between the masses of a planet and of a Resolution:
The satellite is 81. A rocket is at a distance R from the planet.
and at a distance from the satellite. What should be the value of the R →
FS
reason R/r for the two attractive forces on the 81 m →
FP m
Do rockets balance themselves? M
r
a) 1 rocket
b) 3
c) 9 G.81m.M G.m.M R2 R
d)27 2 = 2 = 81 =9
R r r2 r
81
Alternative C
39. (MED Itajubá-MG) If the mass of the Moon is about 1/81 of Resolution:
mass of the Earth, and if the distance from its center to the center of → →
81 m FT M FL
Earth is 60 times the Earth's radius, at what distance from the center
m
from the Earth the gravitational force exerted by the Moon on a R 60 R
spaceship that goes on a straight trajectory from Earth to the Moon
(line that connects the centers of the two celestial bodies) will have the
sameintensityofgravitationalforceexertedbytheEarth x 60R−x
about the mentioned ship?
G.81m.M G.m.M 2 +x)=x 2 2
= 81.(3600R−120Rx
x2 (60R−x) 2
243R±27R
x= x1 = 67.5 R (not suitable)
4
x2 = 54R
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40. (SANTA CASA) The gravitational force with which the Earth 43. (UF Rural-RJ/97) A body of mass M is attracted2 by a
attracts the Moon:
body of mass M according
1 to the law of attraction
a) is less than the force with which the Moon attracts the Earth gravitational given by the expression:
b) it is the same for all planets
c) is slightly greater than the force with which the Moon attracts the
Earth F= c2
G . M .1M 2 h (1)
r
d) it is of the same nature as the force that makes a fruit fall
from a tree where G is the universal gravitational constant and R is the
it is a nuclear force
distance between the masses 1MeM. 2We also know,
Resolution: that the earth attracts a body of mass m according to the
Weight field force (gravitational field). expression:
F = m . g (2)
Alternative D
m
42.(UFVicosa-MG/98)Astudent,inaregion
near the Equator, observes a geostationary satellite,
standing in relation to the Earth's surface. Explain in
terms of speed and acceleration, because he
Resolution:
seems to be stationary in relation to Earth.
One is a particular case of the other. Adopt a body of mass m situated
Resolution: on the surface of the Earth (M,
T R).
T
The student and the satellite have the same angular velocity. G.M T .m
As the satellite has a larger radius, it has linear velocity.
F= RT2 G, MTand R Tare constants
greater than that of the student. Since they have the same period
From orbit, the satellite appears to be stationary in relation to the student.
g
Regarding acceleration, we have that the satellite has an acceleration.
greater than that of the observer. F = m.g
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but R P= 4 RT
(4R) T 3 64 R 3T
TP = T.
T = T T. TP = 8 TT
R 3T R 3T
45. (MED Itajubá-MG) Which of the graphs below is the best Resolution:
represents the variation of the gravitational attraction force F
between two point masses, sufficiently distant When it increases, Fcai equilateral hyperbola
o
(not of 1st degree)
of any other mass, separated by a distance r?
F F Alternative E
a) b)
r r
F F
c) d)
r r
F
e)
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