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    This document discusses various concepts in aerospace physics including: 1) Calculating the weight of an object at different altitudes above the Earth and Moon's surface. 2) Computing mean distances and orbital periods of planets based on their revolution times around the Sun. 3) Determining orbital velocities and eccentricities for different orbits around Earth and calculating rocket acceleration from thrust and mass ejection rates.

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    Chapter 9 – Aerospace Physics

    1. An object weighs 445 N on earth and is placed 80.5 km above the surface of the earth? (Radius of
    earth = 6.38 x 103 km.) What is its weight at that altitude?
    2. An object weighing 100 lb on the surface of the moon is moved up to the following altitudes: 50 mi,
    100 mi, 200 mi, 500 mi, and 1,080 mi. What would its physical weight be at these altitudes?
    Ans. 92 lb, 84 lb, 71 lb, 47 lb, 25 lb.
    3. If the mass of the moon is one-eightieth the mass of the earth and its diameter is one-fourth that of
    the earth, what is the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the moon? How far will a 2.0-kg
    mass fall in 1.0 s on the moon?
    4. Calculate the mean distance of Mercury to the sun if its period of revolution is 0.241 year.
    Ans. 0.39 au, 3.6 x 107 mi, or 5.8 x 107 km
    5. The periods of revolution of the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter are, respectively, 0.241,
    0.617, 1.88, and 11.9 years. Find their mean distances from the sun, expressed in astronomical units
    (1 au = distance from sun to earth).
    6. Calculate the period of Jupiter if the distance from it to the sun is 7.78 x 10 8 km.
    Ans. 11.86 years
    7. A point on the earth’s Equator is carried about 1,610 km/h by the rotation of the earth. Jupiter has
    an equatorial diameter 11 times that of the earth and a day of 10 h. Calculate the speed of a point
    on the equator of Jupiter.
    Ans. 2.64 x 104 mi/h
    8. Identify the conics represented by the following eccentricities: e = 0; 0 < e < 1; e = 1; e > 1.
    Ans. circle; ellipse; parabola; hyperbola.
    9. Compute the eccentricity of the orbit of Sputnik I which had a perigee of 212.5 km and an apogee of
    938.6 km.
    Ans. 0.052
    10. If a rocket attains a speed of 966 km/h by the time it reaches 305 m, how many times g is its
    acceleration?
    Ans. 12g
    11. Compute the circular orbital velocity of a spaceship at an altitude of 160 km above the surface of the
    earth.
    12. What would the necessary circular orbital velocity be for a satellite at an altitude of 500 mi? When
    1,000 mi high?
    Ans. 16,700 mi/h; 15,700 mi/h
    13. What velocity would be needed to attain a circular orbit 96.6 km above the surface of the moon?
    (Mass of the moon is 0.012 times the mass of the earth.)
    14. A spacecraft in orbit above the earth has apogee and perigee altitudes of 1,000 mi and 500 mi,
    respectively. Find the respective velocities.
    Ans. 15,400 mi/h, 17,100 mi/h
    15. A rocket whose thrust is 2.70 x 104 lb weighs initially 2.20 x 104 lb, of which 80 percent is fuel.
    Assuming constant thrust, find the initial acceleration and the acceleration just before burnout.
    Neglect air resistance and variation of g.
    16. A rocket has a gross weight of about 64,000 lb at lift-off, its engine can produce 96,000 lb of thrust.
    If the exhaust velocity of the gases from the rocket is 7,500 ft/s, at what rate is the mass ejected?
    What is the acceleration of the rocket at launch and after 100 s of flight?
    Ans. 12.8 slugs/s; 16 ft/s2 or ½ g; 101 ft/s2 or 3.17 g
    17. A fueled rocket of mass 9.1 x 10 3 kg ejects hot gases at a speed of 1.3 x 10 3 m/s and at a mass rate of
    150 kg/s. (a) What is the thrust exerted on the rocket? (b) If burnout takes place in 20 s, what is the
    rocket speed at burnout, assuming vertical launching? (c) What is the specific impulse?
    END

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