Satellites: Orbits and Energy
Satellites: Orbits and Energy As a satellite orbits Earth on its elliptical path, both its speed, which fixes its kinetic energy K, and its distance from the center of Earth, which fixes its gravitational potential energy U, fluctuate with fixed periods. However. the mechanical energy E of the satellite remains constant. (Since the satellite’s mass is so much […]
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