Venera 7, the first spacecraft to land on the planet Venus had a mass of 1180kg. What would be the acceleration due to gravity of Venus if the spacecraft weighed around 10,467N on it?
A
8.8ms2
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B
9.8ms2
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C
4.4ms2
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D
4.9ms2
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Solution
The correct option is A8.8ms2 Given: Mass of the spacecraft: m=1180kg
Weight of the spacecraft on Venus: Wv=10,467N
Weight of an object = Mass of the object × Acceleration due to gravity. ⟹ Acceleration due to gravity on Venus, gv=Wvm=10467N1180kg=8.87m‘s−2 gv≈8.8ms−2