using System; using L=Science.Physics.GeneralPhysics; namespace Serway.Chapter04 { /// /// Example08: The Centripetal Acceleration of the Earth /// What is the centripetal acceleration of the Earth as it /// moves in its orbit around the Sun? /// distance between sun and earth = 1.496 \times 10^11 m /// a_c = 5.93 \times 10^{-3} m/s^2 /// public class Example08 { public Example08() { } private string result; public string Result { get{return result;} } public void Compute() { // a = v^2/r; L.Length r = new L.Length(); r.m = 1.496*Math.Pow(10,11); L.Time t = new L.Time(); t.s = 365.0*24.0*3600.0; L.Velocity v = new L.Velocity(); v.X = -2.0*Math.PI*r.m/t.s; L.Acceleration a = new L.Acceleration(); a.Y = -v.mPERs*v.mPERs/r.m; result += a.ToString(); } } } //0 +/- 0 i -0.00593851853590568 +/- 0 j +0 +/- 0 k (m/s^2)