Which is greater, the gravitational force between earth and the moon, or the force between earth and the sun?

In the 1980's, congress authorized the u. s. department of energy to build the wipp facility in the chicuahuan desert in new mexico. what is the purpose of wipp?

Acoal-fired plant generates 600 mw of electric power. the plant uses 4.8 x 10^6 kg of coal each day, and the heat of combustion of coal is 3.3x 10^7 j/kg. the steam that drives the turbines is at a temperature of 300° c, and the exhaust water is at 37° c. (a) what is the overall efficiency of the plant for generating electric power? (b) how much thermal energy is exhausted each day? (c) what is the change in entropy of the universe for this heat engine? (d) using the same heat reservoirs, what is the maximum possible (carnot) efficiency for a heat engine?

An object's buoyant force and weight mean the same thing. a. trueb. false