1. Rockets are lunched from the equator of the earth from a westerly to easterly direction. This is done to both minimise the distance to outer orbit and take advantage of the earths rotation about its axis. (Note that the earth is an oblique spheroid making it widest at the equator)
2. The...
Cannonballs P and Q are fired so that they leave their barrels from the same height. Cannonball P is fired vertically upwards while cannonball Q is fired at an acute angle.
Both cannonballs take 3 seconds to reach the same maximum height.
Explain how the resulting motion of the cannonballs...
When an object such as a space probe approaches a planet, it is accelerated by the larger mass' gravitational pull, this statement is often misinterpreted as the source of the slingshot effect. However when the space probe continues back out of the planets atmosphere it will again be effected by...
How many marks would this question be. Also is there any rule to follow in relation to marks per question ? Should I approach questions differently in relation to there given marks ?
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Ohhh so I could say the this statement is genuinely accurate however the vectors of which these two planets attract are in opposite directions?
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According to Newtons 3rd Law, 'Every reaction will have an equal and opposite reaction' we are aware that when two objects interact with each other that there will be a force between them that is the same in magnitude however opposite in direction. Hence it is logical to assume that the Earth...