C13 - Universal Gravitation

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Gravitational force (universal)

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g

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G (constant)

G = 6.674 × 10-11 N * m2/kg2

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gravity vector field

m0 = mass of test particle

<p>m<sub>0 </sub>= mass of test particle</p>
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Kepler’s Laws

  1. All planets move in ellipses, with the sun at a foci.

  2. dA/dt = constant (r = radius between Sun and planet)

  3. T2 = (4π2/GM)r3 (T2 is proportional to r3)

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Potential energy between two bodies

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Energy (circular & elliptical orbits)

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Escape speed

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