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Sarah asked in Science & MathematicsPhysics · 1 decade ago

can anyone relate gravitational forces to density?

When our sun was first “born”, astronomers believe that it was orbited by a large disk of gas and dust that would eventually coalesce to form the planets. Before the planets formed, however, the matter in this disk would separate due to the competing forces of the gravitational pull of the sun and the outward push due to the radiation pressure of the sun’s light. To understand how these forces could cause the gas and dust to separate, assume that a dust particle is made of larger atoms and has an average density of 2500 kg/m3 and a gas particle (frozen or not) has

an average density of 800 kg/m3.

Consider a particle (could be either gas or dust) of radius R and with a reflectivity coefficient of a (note that a varies from 1 to 2... totally reflective means a = 2, totally absorbent means a = 1. You will use a when you write the radiation pressure.) If this particle is at a distance r from the sun:

 Derive an expression for the inward gravitational force on the particle due to the sun, in terms of R, r, M (the mass of the sun), and r (the density of the particle)

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  • Irv S
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    If you want to measure the 'gravitational sorting' that took place, you are balancing

    the outward radiation pressure opposing the inward gravitational attraction which

    is based on mass and its distribution..

    That radiation pressure varied with the square of the distance, and unfortunately also

    as the sun 'ignited' and increased in mass with a corresponding decrease in the

    distributed mass of the entire system.

    You're looking for a very complex expression..

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    confident, it studies gravitational rigidity issues that are much less dense than water, on wide-unfold, pick the flow. they displace a weight of water equivalent to their weight. from one point of view they pick the flow because of the fact the water around them studies a gravitational rigidity additionally, which will develop the rigidity at extra suitable intensity. The rigidity is exerted in all instructions, which comprise on the backside of the floating merchandise, and pushes up on it with a rigidity that only balances gravity pulling it down

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