what accleration would the apple would the apple have ?
Less than the moon s acceleration or egual to or greater ??
2006-12-06 10:27:42 · 6 answers · asked by sheinfield 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
I depends... Is the apple replacing the moon? If not then the moon would also have a gravitational effect on the apple. Otherwise it would have the same acceleration.
2006-12-06 10:31:42 · answer #1 · answered by soundalonedrummer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use Fnet=ma for this question, where Fnet is the net force of the system, a is the acceleration, and m is the mass.
Because the force would be the same (the earth's attractive force/gravitation), if the mass decreases, the acceleration must increase in order to still equal the same force.
Therefore, the acceleration of the apple would be greater than that of the moon.
2006-12-06 18:33:42 · answer #2 · answered by Gabrielle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They would actually have the same acceleration. Orbiting bodies are all just related by the distance they are from each other, or rather the inverse square of the distance. Now while to apple would move with the same accelartion as the moon, the moons inertia and kinetic energy would be FAAAARRRRR greater! :)
2006-12-06 18:31:29 · answer #3 · answered by CurazyJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same as the Moon; about 1/400 m/s^2.
2006-12-06 18:33:05 · answer #4 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
greater then, it's smaller and less dense. It would go faster then the moon but I don't know by how much or how to figure out the conversion.
2006-12-06 18:30:04 · answer #5 · answered by sixcannonballs 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
should be the same. the only dfference would be force
2006-12-06 18:30:14 · answer #6 · answered by nycorvette 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋