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Flashcards by Vladislav Shalonin, updated 5 months ago
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Created by Vladislav Shalonin
5 months ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Kepler's First Law | The orbit of a planet is a ellipse, with the Sun at one of the two foci |
| Geostationary Satellite | Satellite remains above the same point of the Earth as the Earth rotates |
| 3 Conditions for orbit to be geostationary | 1 - In orbit above Earth's equator 2 - Rotate in the same direction as the Earth's rotation 3 - Have an orbital period of 24 hours. |
| Newton's Law of Gravitation | The force between two masses is directly proportional to the product of the two masses (F ∝ Mm) and inversely proportional to the square of their separation (F ∝ 1/r^2) |
| Kepler's Second Law (line segment one) | A line segment joining the planet and the sun, sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time |
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