CH12 Gravitation
 

Satellite motion-Kepler¡¯s laws for planetary motion

 · Each planet moves in an elliptical orbit with the sun at one focus.
 · A line connecting the sun to a given planet sweeps out equal areas in equal times.
 · The periods of the planets are proportional to the 3/2?powers of the major axis lengths in their orbits.
 
Kepler¡¯s laws
Kepler¡¯s second law means the angular momentum is constant.
Kepler¡¯s third law,      
 
Apparent weight
True weight:       is gravitational attraction
Apparent weight: w     

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