A rocket is fired from the earth towards the sun. At what distance from the earth’s centre is the gravitational force on the rocket zero? Mass of the sun = 2 ×10³⁰ kg, mass of the earth = 6 × 10²⁴ kg. Neglect the effect of other planets etc. (orbital radius = 1.5 × 10¹¹ m).

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Solution

Mass of the Sun, M_s = 2 × 10³⁰ kg

Mass of the Earth, M_e = 6 × 10 ²⁴ kg

Orbital radius, r = 1.5 × 10¹¹ m

Mass of the rocket = m

Let x be the distance from the centre of the Earth where the gravitational force acting on satellite P becomes zero.

From Newton’s law of gravitation, we can equate gravitational forces acting on satellite P under the influence of the Sun and the Earth as:

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