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If we apply Newton's first law of motion to a ball being thrown in the vacuum of space with a force will the ball move infinitely?
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Sort of. But if the ball passes withing any appreciable distance of a black hole, star, planet, planetary body, moon, comet, asteroid, space rock or anything else with mass, it may be affected enough to slow it, change its course, or be captured by whatever it is that "grabs" it with gravity. If you're talking about launching the ball from out in deep space, like the nothingness between galaxies, it's pretty much going to go a long way before anything happens to it (if anything does). Under those conditions, the ball may travel "toward" infinity. Will it actually travel infinitely? We can't know. For all practical purposes, it might be said that it will travel infinitely.
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Is it possible to have motion in absence of force?
Not according to Newtons Law: Forces = Mass X Acceleration However, in a vacuum, after you used your force on an object and it now has motion, the object will have motion for eternity, even when there is no force. So as a matter of fact, it is possible. Just not on any planet, only in outer space.
Does a propelled object continue increasing in speed infinitely in a vacuum?
For a start, it is not possible to propel it indefinitely. Where should the energy come from? On the other hand, there is a speed limit in the Universe, called the "speed of light". An object can approach the speed of light, but never quite reach it, much lass pass that speed.
What are the gases contained in a vacuum?
Theoreticaly there are no gasses in a total vacuum
What is a volume empty of free molecules?
a vacuum
How many inches of vacuum equals 10 mm of hg?
If it is a perfect vacuum, any amount of it will have zero pressure.If it is a perfect vacuum, any amount of it will have zero pressure.If it is a perfect vacuum, any amount of it will have zero pressure.If it is a perfect vacuum, any amount of it will have zero pressure.
Is a feather falling in a vacuum projectile motion?
A feather falling in a vacuum is not considered as a projectile motion. Gravity, which is absent in a vacuum, is one of the components of projectile motion.
How do you explain how light can travel through the vacuum of space?
Newtons 1st law, "An object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by another force." Basicly the photons travel through space gradually spreading out as they hit different particles.
Is it possible to have motion in absence of force?
Not according to Newtons Law: Forces = Mass X Acceleration However, in a vacuum, after you used your force on an object and it now has motion, the object will have motion for eternity, even when there is no force. So as a matter of fact, it is possible. Just not on any planet, only in outer space.
How do you figure the buoyant force on an object in water in newtons?
Buoyancy = weight of displaced fluid. 10 newtons = 9.8 kilograms with 1G of force applied in a vacuum.
What type of force and motion is involved in pushing a vacuum cleaner?
push
If a ball were thrown in a vacuum what would happen to it?
It would fly and roll much farther than if it were thrown in earth's atmosphere due to reduced friction caused by the lack of air.
What conditions would have to exist for perpetual motion to be possible?
No friction, in other words a vacuum.
How air resistance changes motion?
Air resistance slows down motion travelling through the air, which everything is doing except while in a vacuum.
How does the process of travelling heat from vacuum differ from the heat travel through matter?
In a vacuum its all electromagnetic radiation, in matter it's a question of atomic (molecular) motion.
Were does light travall the fastest-why?
The fastest speed of light is in a vacuum place because nothing interrupt its motion.
What shape does the path of a thrown ball follow?
The ball follows a parabolic path when thrown. In a vacuum (with no air or other forces acting upon it) the gravitational pull of the earth causes the ball to accelerate toward the earth (9.8m/sec
Define Newtons second law of motion with an example?
Newton's second law of motion states that a force experienced by a body is equal to the rate of change in it's momentum ( F = m.dV/dt ). You will know that rate of change in velocity is acceleration so it is commonly written as F = ma. An example of this is sliding an object across across a frictionless surface in a vacuum. The object will continue with it's original velocity. (i.e. no external forces = no change in momentum).
