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Orbital Motion

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Orbital Motion

Objects in space orbit around one another. Their motion follows the orbital motion equation.

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Orbital motion

  • The orbital motion equation governs the motion of bodies orbiting in space:
    • Orbital speed = 2 × π × orbital radius ÷ time period.
    • v = 2 π r ÷ T

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