Gravity Radius of Earth

If the radius of Earth is increased by a factor of 3, by what factor would its density have to be changed for its gravity, g g remains the same?

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The answer is 0.33333.

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Mar 11, 2015

Let g g be the acceleration by Earth gravity, R R , M M , ρ \rho and V V be the radius, mass, density and volume of Earth respectively and those after the radius has been increased by 3 3 be R R' , M M' , ρ \rho ' and V V' .

We know that:

g M R 2 = ρ V R 2 ρ R 3 R 2 = ρ R g \propto \dfrac {M}{R^2} = \dfrac {\rho V}{R^2} \propto \dfrac {\rho R^3}{R^2} = \rho R

For the same g g before and after the radius change, we have:

ρ R = ρ R ρ = ρ R R = ρ R 3 R = 1 3 ρ \Rightarrow \rho ' R' = \rho R \quad \Rightarrow \rho ' = \dfrac {\rho R}{R'} = \dfrac {\rho R}{3R} = \boxed{\frac{1}{3}}\rho

Md Zuhair
Aug 18, 2016

Here we know , g = G M R 2 g = \frac {GM}{R^2}

Now As our Earth is A Sphere , then V = 4/3 π \pi R 3 R^3 And lets say that the mean density is ρ \rho .

Hence Mass = Volume x Density or = 4/3 π \pi R 3 R^3 ρ \rho . Now putting values we will get.

Hence Now we get ρ \rho / ρ \rho' = 3 3

Hence we get ρ \rho' = 1/3 ρ \rho = factor is = 0.33333 \boxed {0.33333}

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