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Chapter 5: Q44. (page 134)

A certain neutron star has five times the mass of our Sun packed into a sphere about 10 km in radius. Estimate the surface gravity on this monster.

Short Answer

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The surface gravity on this monster is 6.63×1012m/s2.

Step by step solution

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Step 1. Given Data

The mass of the neutron star is mn=5ms.

The radius is r=10km.

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Step 2. Understanding the gravitational acceleration

In this problem, for calculating the surface gravity on the certain neutron star the relation of gravitational acceleration will be utilized.

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Step 3. Estimating the surface gravity of the star

The relation of gravitational accelerationis given by,

g=Gmnr2

Here, G is the gravitational constant.

On plugging the values in the above relation.

g=6.67×10-11N·m2/kg251.99×1030kg10km×1000m1km2g=6.63×1012m/s2

Thus, g=6.63×1012m/s2is the required gravitational acceleration.

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