About Voyager I?

Question

Which statement about the motion of Voyager I is incorrect?
a.Voyager's force on Jupiter was as large as Jupiter's force on the probe
b.as it leaves the sun behind, it accelerateds constantly
c.In passing by Jupiter, Voyager slowed the giant planet down a little bit by passing behind it
d.Far beyond the planets, it moves in an almost straight line.

Answer 1

all these questions don't make sense.

a...... the more mass an object has the more gravity it has, but gravity is consistant per unit of mass measured.

jupiters mass is larger than the probes.
so A is incorrect.

b. it never left the sun, so it didn't leave it behind. it left the earth. BUT the sun does throw particles out and PUSH the ship faster and faster, until it reaches the edge of the solar system called the "Termination Shock", there the particles are not as strong and others end up trying to push inward, actually slowing down the ship.

so, in August 2002, it actually slowed down
so B is wrong.


c. the claim is YES it did affect Jupiter's orbit by a minuscule amount............... I'm searching for if voyager moved behind or in front of the planet. wait it does have to move behind it. moving in front of it doesn't give it much of a boost.


but I'd say C is correct.

D hmmmmmm, whats this word ALMOST? what is almost and when does it stop? I'd say its moving in a straight line. but even if its 1/5000000000000 of a degree off, then doesn't that qualify it as ALMOST and does ALMOST even matter?

because of the word, i'd say D is completely invalid.

but I guess this might be the aim of the question.

after the gravity assist from jupiter, the vehicle does end up finding a constant vector..... meaning single direction.

So D is either Correct or should be completely ignored.

Answer 2

I agree with MWA. It's all of them.
A. reaction = opposite and equal reaction (hasn't changed in centuries)
B. It's negative acceleration (slowing down) due to the sun's gravity
C. Yes. It flew next to Jupiter to speed up. That kinetic energy came from Jupiter.
D. Yes. Anything goes in a straight line unless there's something to make it do otherwise.

Answer 3

the common project of the Voyagers improve into to bypass to the great planets in our image voltaic equipment. they could in basic terms do so via way the planets have been aligned, using their gravity to slingshot the probe from planet to planet. Neither one improve into able to changing its direction heavily without this gravitational guidance, and the final slingshot previous the ideal planet on each and each flight despatched it off in a direction that wasn't all that considerable, via fact the project improve into over. further, even at in basic terms 4.4 gentle years away, Voyager might nevertheless take 1000's of years to realize Alpha Centauri. the probabilities of the probe nevertheless working while it get there, or human beings nevertheless listening for it down right here, are so slender as to be no longer properly worth pondering. via that factor we are as possibly to have stumbled on the thank you to overhaul the probe and bypass their ourselves.

Answer 4

all of them