The Solar System: Introductory Astronomy Textbook

by

Irina Mullins

 

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Chapter 3. Gravity and Orbital Motion

 

 

  

3.1. Overview

 

3.2. Apparent Motion of the Sun, the Moon, and the Planets

 

3.3. The Geocentric Model

 

3.4. The Heliocentric Model

 

3.5. Galileo Galilei

 

3.6. Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler

 

3.7. Ellipses and Their Properties

 

3.8. The Laws of Planetary Motion

 

3.9. Describing Motion of Objects

 

3.10. Newton’s Laws of Motion

 

3.11. Conservation Laws

 

3.12. The Universal Law of Gravity

 

3.13. Orbital Motion of the Moon

 

3.14. Acceleration due to Gravity

 

3.15. Weightlessness

 

3.16. Centripetal Force

 

3.17. Tidal Forces

 

3.18. Escape Velocity

 

3.19. Rocket Propulsion and Artificial Satellites

 

3.20. Interplanetary Travel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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