A 5 kg bucket (bucket + water) at the end of a rope is revolving uniformly in a circle with radius= 0.6 m much the same way the moon orbiting around the Earth. The bucket makes 2 revolutions per second. (a) Construct FBD to show velocity and centripetal acceleration. (b) Find centripetal acceleration on the bucket + water.
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A 5 kg bucket (bucket + water) at the end of a rope is revolving uniformly in a circle with radius= 0.6 m much the same way the moon orbiting around the Earth. The bucket makes 2 revolutions per second. (a) Construct FBD to show velocity and centripetal acceleration. (b) Find centripetal acceleration on the bucket + water.
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Moon circular orbit around the earth has a radius of about 384,000 km and period T=27.3 days. Find acceleration of the moon toward the earth.