Question
The radius of the earth's orbit around the sun is 1.5 x 1011 m. Calculate the angular and linear velocity of the earth?
Solution
Given,
Radius of Earth's orbit, r = 1.5 x 1011 m
Time period of revolution of earth around the sun is 1 year.
That is,
T = 1 year = 365 x 24 x 60 x 60 s
Therefore,
Angular velocity,
Linear velocity, v =