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Find the acceleration of our galaxy, due to the nearest comparably sized galaxy. The approximate masses of each galaxy is \(8 \times 10^{11}\) solar mass and they are separated by 2 million light-years. Each galaxy has a diameter of 100000 light year. (Assume, 1 light year \(\approx 10^{16} \mathrm{~m}\), gravitational constant, \(G \approx 10^{-10}\left(\frac{\mathrm{Nm}^2}{\mathrm{~kg}^2}\right)\) and mass of sun \(=2.0 \times 10^{30} \mathrm{~kg}\) )

  1. A \(4 \times 10^{-13} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^2\)
  2. B \(2 \times 10^{-13} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^2\)
  3. C \(5 \times 10^{-15} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^2\)
  4. D \(5 \times 10^{-13} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^2\)
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(A) \(4 \times 10^{-13} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^2\)

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Here, masses of each galaxy are \(\begin{aligned} m_1 & =m_2=8 \times 10^{11} \text { solar mass } \\ & =8 \times 10^{11} \times 2 \times 10^{30} \mathrm{~kg} \\ & =16 \times 10^{41} \mathrm{~kg}\end{aligned}\) Distance between galaxies is…
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