Earth orbiting the Sun The Earth is 1.5 ⋅ 10 8 km from the Sun (on average). How fast is the Earth orbiting the Sun in kilometers per second (on average)? You can assume the orbit of the Earth is a circle and that the circumference of a circle is equal to C = 2 π R where R is the radius of a circle (the distance between the center and the edge. Note that for our purposes, it is perfectly fine to assume π = 3 which allows for a pretty good approximation C = 6 R . Your answer does not need to be put into scientific notation, but if you choose to do so it will be marked correct! kilometers per second

Earth orbiting the Sun The Earth is 15 10 8 km from the Sun on average How fast is the Earth orbiting the Sun in kilometers per second on average You can assume class=

Respuesta :

Answer:

1 yr = 24 * 3600 * 365 = 3.2 * 10E7 sec

C = 6 R = 1.5 * 10E8 * 6 = 9 * 10E8 km     circumference of orbit

v = C / t = 9 * 10E8 km / 3 * 10E7  sec = 30 km / sec = 18 mi/sec