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The Earth's orbit is an ellipse with the sun at one focus. The length of the major axi is 186,000,000 miles and the accentricity
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Hannah
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A satellite of mass 220 kg is launched from a site on Earth's equator into an orbit at 200 km above the surface of Earth.
(a)
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Ana
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A satellite of mass m is in Keplerian orbit around a parent body of mass M >>m. The satellite has total energy E and angular
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Ferdinand
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Two satellites, X and Y, orbit a planet in nearly circular orbits. Satellite X takes 20 days to complete one orbit, while
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Luke
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A comet orbits the Sun with a period of 72.0 yr.
(a) Find the semimajor axis of the orbit of the comet in astronomical units (1
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James
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A geostationary satellite orbits the Earth in such a manner that it is always directly above the same point on the equator as
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Joe
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Consider the earth following its nearly circular orbit (dashed curve) about the sun.(Figure 2) The earth has mass
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Anonymous
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You have been sent in a small spacecraft to rendezvous with a space station that is in a low circular Earth orbit, say, with a
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Catherine
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A spacecraft of mass is first brought into an orbit around the earth. The earth (together with the spacecraft) orbits the sun in
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juanpro
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Occasionally a planet will pass directly between Earth and the face of the sun. WHich planets could do this and why?
How many
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Delaney
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A satellite has an orbit with pedigree 175 km and apogee 181,200 km. What is the period of the orbit?
>>I'm not sure what the
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Elle
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consider a star that orbits around Sagittarius A* in a circular orbit of 530 AU and the star's orbital speed is 2500 km/s, what
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Amy
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Both comets and planets orbit the sun. How do their orbits differ?
Comets orbit elliptically, and planets orbit more circularly.
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Sara
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Which of the following inner planets has the least eccentric orbit around the sun?(1 point)
Responses Mars Mars Earth Earth Venus
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yes
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Which of the four inner planets has the least eccentric orbit around the sun?(1 point) Responses Mars Mars Venus Venus Mercury
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Java
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The shape of the orbits of the planets in our solar system would be described as _____.
a. parabolic b. perfectly circular c.
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The diagram shows some objects in space and their orbits.
A diagram.Short description, A diagram.,Long description, The objects
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An orbit of a satellite around a planet is an ellipse, with the planet at one focus of this ellipse. The distance of the
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Guem
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Calculate the period T of a planet whose orbit has a semimajor axis of 32 AU
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Planets do not revolve around the sun in perfect circles. They are more like ovals.
How do scientists describe their orbits?
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What is an orbit Explain in 1 sentences
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What is an orbit
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