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How will you тАШweigh the sunтАЩ, that isestimate its mass? The mean orbital radius of the earth around the sun is 1.5 ├Ч108┬аkm.



Answer -

Orbital radius of the Earth around theSun,┬аr┬а= 1.5 ├Ч 1011┬аm

Time taken by the Earth tocomplete one revolution around the Sun,

T┬а= 1 year = 365.25 days

= 365.25 ├Ч 24 ├Ч 60 ├Ч 60 s

Universal gravitational constant, G = 6.67 ├Ч10тАУ11┬аNm2┬аkgтАУ2

Thus, mass of the Sun canbe calculated using the relation,

Hence,the mass of the Sun is 2 ├Ч 1030┬аkg.

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