Homework Help: Physics - Satellites

Posted by Tony Poon on Monday, March 24, 2008 at 1:51am.

Why must the centre of the satellite orbit coincide with the centre of the Earth?

I'm such a science noob, please help >_<

Physics - Satellites - bobpursley, Monday, March 24, 2008 at 7:34am
Actually, it is not. Both the satellite and Earth will rotate about a common center of gravity. However, the center of Earth and that center of rotation has a nin distance, because of the Mass of the Earth. Keplers Laws apply.

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