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Awesmund
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Hi, I am a Norwegian student and have a practical question. I am sorry about my English. My iPad keeps autocorrecting every word I am writing to Norwegian.
I have heard that supertankers steering besides each other has to adjust their direction because of the gravitational forces working between them. Is this right?
Wikipedia says that the largest oil tankers has a mass of 550 000 tonnes. If two of those are floating with one meter between them, the force working between them would be 6.67*10^(-11) * ( (5.5*10^8)^2) / 1^2 due to Newtons law of gravity.
That gives a force of 2.0*10^7 N.
Is that a force large enough to affect the tankers in any degree?
Thanks in advance
I have heard that supertankers steering besides each other has to adjust their direction because of the gravitational forces working between them. Is this right?
Wikipedia says that the largest oil tankers has a mass of 550 000 tonnes. If two of those are floating with one meter between them, the force working between them would be 6.67*10^(-11) * ( (5.5*10^8)^2) / 1^2 due to Newtons law of gravity.
That gives a force of 2.0*10^7 N.
Is that a force large enough to affect the tankers in any degree?
Thanks in advance