An Astronaut Has Landed on an Asteroid and Conducts an Experiment

question 55

Multiple Choice

An astronaut has landed on an asteroid and conducts an experiment to determine the acceleration of gravity on that asteroid. She uses a pendulum that has a period of oscillation of 2.00 s on Earth and finds that on the asteroid the period is 11.3 s. What is the acceleration of gravity on that asteroid?

• A) 0.307 m/s²
• B) 1.66 m/s²
• C) 1.74 m/s²
• D) 5.51 m/s²
• E) 0.0544 m/s²

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