Orbits
Earth and Space | Forces and Motion

Motion in circles and satellites

Physics Narrative for 11-14 Supporting Physics Teaching

Orbiting is a circular motion

You need to understand something of circular motion to understand the movement of satellites, whether natural or artificial.

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Orbits and satellites - Physics narrative

A Physics Narrative presents a storyline, showing a coherent path through a topic...

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Forces and Motion IOP RESOURCES

​​​​​​​Is it possible to jump into orbit?

A paper has considered whether it is possible to jump into orbit on a body of small mass, such as Mars’s moon Deimos. The...

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Orbits
Earth and Space Supporting Physics Teaching

What keeps satellites up?

You might try using Newton's thought experiment, of throwing a ball into orbit from a huge mountain to transfer this idea that...

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Forces and Motion PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Estimating the Moon’s orbit time

The Moon’s orbital period can be estimated by considering the Moon as a satellite of the Earth and using a scale drawing.

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