(II) Every few hundred years most of the planets line up on the same side of the Sun.

Question

Calculate the total force on the Earth due to Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn, assuming all four
planets are in a line, Fig. 5–44. The masses are mV = 0.815 mE, mj = 318 mE, mSat = 95.1
mE, and the mean distances of the four planets from the Sun are 108, 150, 778, and 1430
million km. What fraction of the Sun’s force on the Earth is this?

Answer 1

dsa

Answer 2

5.60*10^17