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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Precession of the equinoxes

Demonstration: Using the model celestial sphere to show the precession of the equinoxes.

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Episode 403: Orbital motion

In this episode, students will learn how to combine concepts learned in the study of circular motion with Newton’s Law of...

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Earth and Space Supporting Physics Teaching

How do satellites stay in orbit?

Perhaps the first question to think about is how they get into orbit in the first place. Let's try a thought experiment that...

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