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The earth is acted upon by the gravitational attraction of the sun. Why does not the earth fall into the sun?

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  2. Define mass of an object?

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  5. Write the units of 'g' and 'G'.

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  6. Mass of an object is 10 kg. What is the weight on the earth (g = 9.8 m...

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  7. An object of mass 2 kg falls with a acceleration of 9.8 ms^-2 towards ...

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  8. Prove that if the earth attracts two bodies placed at the same distanc...

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  9. A man weighs 600 N on earth. What is his mass. (g = 10 ms^-2). On moon...

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  10. A stone fell from the top of a twer table 5 seconds to reach the groun...

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  11. A stone fell from the top of a twer table 5 seconds to reach the groun...

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  12. Gravitational force acts on all objects in proportion to their masses....

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  13. What is meant by free fall ?

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  14. Wrtie the equation of motion if an object is thrown in vertically upwa...

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  15. A car falls off a ledge and drops to ground in 0.5s. Let g = 10 ms^-2 ...

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  17. A car falls off a ledge and drops to ground in 0.5s. Let g = 10 ms^-2 ...

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  18. If a planet existed whose mass and radius were both half of that of th...

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  19. If mass of Earth is 6xx10^24kg, radius of Earth is 6.4 xx 10^6m and th...

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