By Newton's universal law of gravitation the free-fall acceleration a of a body, such as the satellite shown in the figure, falling a great distance to the surface is not the constant g. Rather, the acceleration a is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the center of the Earth, a = k/r2, where k is the constant of proportionality. Use the fact that at the surface of the Earth r = R and a = g to determine k. If the positive direction is upward, use Newton's second law and his universal law of gravitation to find k = differential equation for the distance r. dt2 satellite of mass m surface

By Newton's universal law of gravitation the free-fall acceleration a of a body, such as the satellite shown in the figure, falling a great distance to the surface is not the constant g. Rather, the acceleration a is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the center of the Earth, a = k/r2, where k is the constant of proportionality. Use the fact that at the surface of the Earth r = R and a = g to determine k. If the positive direction is upward, use Newton's second law and his universal law of gravitation to find k = differential equation for the distance r. dt2 satellite of mass m surface

College Physics

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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