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Gravitational force and laws
Question

The ratio of Earth’s orbital angular momentum (about the sun) to its mass is  4.4×1015 m2/s. The area enclosed by the earth’s orbit is  N×1023m2. Find the value of N ? 

Moderate
Solution

Given
Angular momentum per mass LM=4.4×1015 m2/s
By Kepler’s second law we use 
Areal velocity =  Area SweptTime for one Revolution of Earth about the sun 
Also we use Areal velocity =  L2M
 Area Swept =  L2M (Time for one Revolution of Earth about the sun) 
 Area Swept =  124.4×1015365×24×60×60
 Area Swept =  0.69×1023 m2
 

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