Earth completes one revolution around the sun in 365 days. Calculate its angular velocity in rads. If the average distance from the sun is 150 million km, find Earth's linear velocity. [3 MARKS]
Finding angular velocity : 2 Marks
Finding linear velocity : 1 Mark
Time period, T=365 days
= 365×24×60×60s
= 31536000 s
Angular velocity ω=2πT=2π31536000=1.99×10−7rads
Linear velocity v=rω=1.99×10−7rads×150,000,000 = 30 km/s