Home
Class 11
PHYSICS
Imagine a hypothetical planet flat earth...

Imagine a hypothetical planet flat earth of thickness t' having same gravity on its surface as our. Earth .Assume Flat earth to be infinite plate of same uniform density as our Earth which is a uniform solid sphere of Radius R.If t=(4R)/(n) ; what is n?

Promotional Banner

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Assuming the earth to be a sphere of uniform density, the acceleration due to gravity

A planet has twice the density of earth but the acceleration due to gravity on its surface is exactly the same as that on the surface of earth. Its radius in terms of earth's radius R will be

If R is the radius of the earth and g the acceleration due to gravity on the earth's surface, the mean density of the earth is

At what depth below the surface of earth, value of accelaration due to gravity is same as the value at height h =R1, where R is the radius of earth.

The dependence of acceleration due to gravity g on the distance r from the centre of the earth, assumed to be a sphere of radius R of uniform density is as shown in Fig. below: The correct figure is

The value of g (acceleration due to gravity) at earth's surface is 10 ms^(-2) . Its value in ms^(-2) at the centre of the earth which is assumed to be a sphere of radius R metre and uniform mass density is

Acceleration due to gravity at surface of a planet is equal to that at surface of earth and density is 1.5 times that of earth. If radius is R. radius of planet is

Imagine a new planet having the same density as that of earth but 3 times bigger than the earth in size. If the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth is g and that on the new plane is g , then :

Assuming the earth to be a sphere of uniform mass density, how much would a body weigh half way down to the centre of the earth if it weighd 250 N on the surface ?

At what height above the surface of the earth will the acceleration due to gravity be 25% of its value on the surface of the earth ? Assume that the radius of the earth is 6400 km .