Force of Attraction between Bodies

Determination of Acceleration Due to

Gravity
Application to Uniform Circular Motion

Newtons Law of
Gravitation

Determining the Acceleration

Due to Gravity, g

Application:
There is only one
Satellites
in speed that a satellite can have if the
satellite is to remain in an orbit with a fixed radius.
Circular Orbits

Satellites in
mM
v
Circular
F G
m
r
Orbits r
2

GM E
v
r

Satellites Orbital Speed

Satellites in
GM
2

r
E
Circular Orbits
v

r
T

2 r
T
GM E
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Example : Orbital Speed of the Hubble Space Telescope

Determine the speed of the Hubble Space Telescope orbiting
at a height of 598 km above the earths surface.

6.67 10

11

N m 2 kg 2 5.98 10 24 kg
6.38 106 m 598 103 m

7.56 103 m s

16900 mi h

Sample Problems