Aspaceship which is 50,000 kilometers from the center of earth has a mass of 3,000 kilograms. what is the magnitude of the force of gravity acting on the spaceship? (the value of g is 6.673 × 10-11 newton meter2/kilogram2. the mass of earth is 5.98 × 1024 kilograms.) 400 newtons 478 newtons 500 newtons 1595 newtons

The correct option is

Explanation:

Between two objects of a certain mass exists a force call the gravitational force. This force is the ''attraction'' force between the objects.

The equation to calculate this force is :

(I)

Where is the gravitational force.

Where G is the gravitational constant.

and are the masses of each object.

And is the distance between the objects (In fact is the distance between the mass centroid of each object).

In order to calculate the gravitational force, we need to replace the data in the equation.

The distance is equal to :

Now, if we replace in the equation (I) all the data :

≅ 478 N

We find that the magnitude of the force of gravity acting on the spaceship is 478 N.

the force on the thing and the distance the force moves the thing