Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation
Discover the principles behind Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation, including centripetal acceleration and force, the Coriolis force, Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation, microgravity, and Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion with a focus on the derivation of Kepler’s Third Law for Circular Orbits.
Introduction to Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation
Rotation Angle
Angular Velocity
Summarizing Rotation Angle and Angular Velocity
Centripetal Acceleration
Summarizing Centripetal Acceleration
Centripetal Force
Summarizing Centripetal Force
Fictitious Forces and Non-Inertial Frames: The Coriolis Force
Summarizing the Coriolis Force
Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation
Tides
"Weightlessness" and Microgravity
The Cavendish Experiment: Then and Now
Conservation of Energy
Summarizing Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation
Satellites and Kepler’s Laws: An Argument For Simplicity
Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion
Derivation of Kepler’s Third Law For Circular Orbits
The Case For Simplicity
Summarizing Satellites and Kepler’s Laws