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Grade 11Mechanics

The Earth circles the Sun once a year. How much work would have to be done on the Earth to bring it to rest relative to the Sun? See Appendix C for numerical data and ignore the rotation of the Earth about its own axis.

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11 Years agoGrade 11
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Rounding off to three significant figures and neglecting the negative sign (taking only magnitude), the work done on the Earth to bring it to rest relative to the Sun would be, 2.66×1033 J.