In another article we have discussed Gravity and Gravitation, Newton’s universal law of gravitation and the formula for gravitational force. Now, in this article we are going to learn how to calculate the gravitational force of attraction between two objects like Earth and Sun, Earth and Moon, electron and proton, etc.
Contents in this article:
- How to calculate the gravitational force between two objects
- Gravitational force between Earth and Sun
- The gravitational force between Earth and Moon
- Gravitational force between electron and proton
How to calculate the gravitational force between two objects?
One can find the gravitational force of attraction between two objects by using the formula for Newton’s law of gravitational force. If m1 and m2 be the masses of two objects separated by a distance r, then the formula for gravitational force is,
\small {\color{Blue} F=G\frac{m_{1}m_{2}}{r^{2}}}. Where, G is the Universal gravitational constant.
To find the gravitational force between two objects we need to use this equation. Obviously, we have to know the values of masses of two objects and the distance between the objects. And, the value of G in SI unit is 6.67×10-11 N.m2Kg-2 and in CGS unit it is 6.67×10-8 dyn.cm2g-2.
Gravitational force between the Earth and Sun
The mass of Earth is ME = 5.972×1024 kg \small \approx 6×1024 kg
The mass of the Sun or the solar mass is Ms = 1.989×1030 Kg \small \approx 2×1030 Kg
And the average distance between the Sun and the Earth is r= 1.496×1011 m
So, the gravitational force between the Earth and Sun is, \small F= 6.67\times 10^{-11}\times \frac{6\times 10^{24}\times 2\times 10^{30}}{(1.496\times 10^{11})^{2}}.
or, the gravitational force between the Earth and the Sun is, F = 3.576×1022 Newton.
Gravitational force between Earth and Moon
The mass of the Earth is ME = 5.972×1024 kg \small \approx 6×1024 kg
The mass of the Moon is Mm = 7.348×1022 Kg
And the average distance between the Earth and the Moon is, r = 3.844×108 m
So, the gravitational force between the Earth and the Moon is, \small F= 6.67\times 10^{-11}\times \frac{6\times 10^{24}\times 7.348\times 10^{22}}{(3.844\times 10^{8})^{2}}.
or, F = 1.99×1020 Newton.
This is the gravitational force of attraction between Earth and Moon.
Gravitational force between electron and proton for the first orbit of a hydrogen atom
Mass of an electron is Me = 9.11×10-31 Kg
Mass of a proton is, Mp = 1.673×10-27 kg
The distance between the electron and the proton is equal to the radius of first bohr orbit, r = 0.529×10-10 m
So, the gravitational force between the electron and proton is \small F= 6.67\times 10^{-11}\times \frac{9.11\times 10^{-31}\times 1.673\times 10^{-27}}{(0.529\times 10^{-10})^{2}}
or, F = 3.63×10-47 Newton.
This is the gravitational force between a proton and an electron in the first bohr orbit.
So, in this article we learned how to calculate the Gravitational force between two objects separated by a distance. If you have any doubt on this topic you can ask me in the comment section.
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