The earth moves round the sun once a year. Ignoring the rotation of earth about its own axis, calculate how much work would have to be done on the earth to bring it to rest. Given mass of earth 6 × 1024 kg and distance between sun and the earth 1.5 × 108 km.

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The earth moves round the sun once a year. Ignoring the rotation of earth about its own axis, calculate how much work would have to be done on the earth to bring it to rest. Given mass of earth 6 × 1024 kg and distance between sun and the earth 1.5 × 108 km.






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