Fg
The person that discovered / stated the value for the G constant
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
When solving for obital velocity using Vorb = (Gm/Rorb)½ these will be the resulting units
What is m/s?
When solving for period using T = 2∏(Rorb3/Gm) ½ these will be the resulting units
What are seconds?
In an orbital system, it is what is being orbited
What is a primary?
Planetary orbital shapes
What are ellipses?
When using the formula Fg = G (m1*m2/Rorb2) The m1 & m2 are defind as...
What are mass of the primary and the mass of the satellite?
When using the formula using Vorb = (Gm/Rorb)½ Define what m means (specifically)
What is mass of the primary?
This formula has a name: (Ta/Tb)2 = (Rorb(a)/Rorb(b))3
What is Kepler's 3rd Law?
The belief that Earth is the primary of our solar system / galaxy
What is Geocentric?
Term for distance between the surfaces of a primary and a satellite
What is altitude?
Calculate: Orbital Radius of Mercury (3sf)
What is 5.86 x 10^10 m?
Velocity of Gravitational waves in m/s
What is 3.0 x 10^8 m/s ?
Calculate: Period of Earth in hours (3sf)
What is 8,770 hours?
The person that stated that gravity is a result of masses warping the fabric of spacetime
Who is Albert Einstein?
Calculate: Orbital Radius of Venus (3sf)
What is 1.09 x 10^11 m?
Calculate: Gravitational Force between the sun and Earth (3 sf)
What is 3.48 x 10^22 N?
Calculate: Orbital velocity of Saturn (3sf)
What is 9,630 m/s ?
Calculate: Orbital period of Pluto in Earth days (1 sf)
What is 90,000 days?
These type of machines / instruments measure gravitational waves
What are interferometers?
Calculate: Number of decades in 100,000,000 seconds (1sf)
What is 0.3 decades?
Calculate: Gravitational Force between the sun and Uranus (3 sf)
What is 1.40 x 10^21 N?
Calculate: Orbital velocity of Venus (3sf)
What is 34,900 m/s?
Calculate: Orbital period Jupiter in s (1 sf)
What is 4 x 10^8 s?
A measure of how much an enclosed curved object deviates from being circular
What is eccentricity?
Calculate the eccentricity of Mercury if at perihelion, it has an orbital radius of 46,001,200 km from the Sun; and at aphelion it is 57,909,050 km
What is 0.11?