If the mass of the sun were ten times smaller and the universal gravitational constant were ten times larger in magnitude, which of the following statements would not be correct?
Raindrops would drop faster.
Walking on the ground would become more difficult.
Time period of a simple pendulum on the earth would decrease.
Acceleration due to gravity (g) on earth would not change.
The acceleration due to gravity () on the surface of the Earth is given by the formula , where is the universal gravitational constant, is the mass of the Earth, and is the radius of the Earth. The mass of the Sun does not appear in this expression for on Earth.
If becomes , the new acceleration due to gravity becomes: .
Since increases by a factor of 10, the following changes occur:
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