The value of acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the earth is and its mean radius is about . Assuming that we could get more soil from somewhere, estimate how thick (in km) would an added uniform outer layer on the earth have to have the value of acceleration due to gravity exactly? Given the density of the earth's soil,
Let us write the expression for the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the earth in terms of density of the earth,
we can write:
………(i)
Suppose that the radius of the earth has to be increased to R' by putting up more soil around it, so that the value of acceleration due to gravity will become exactly.
Then,
From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
or
Therefore, thickness of the required layer of the soil,
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