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Orbit, Circular

Gravity supplies the necessary centripetal force to hold a satellite in orbit about the earth. The circular orbit is a special case since orbits are generally ellipses, or hyperbolas.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/orbv.html#co

Physics educational software for school and college students and teachers. The orbit simulator allows laboratory exercises on gravitational physics, elliptical orbits, double stars, escape velocity, ...

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http://www.ottisoft.com/orbit_x.htm

Orbit Concepts

Section of the excellent hyperphysics site dealing with orbits and the concepts connected to this.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/orbit.html#orbcon

Basics of the Geostationary Orbit

Detailed analysis of geostationary orbits, includees diagrams and the original 1945 description from Arthur C Clarke.

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http://celestrak.com/columns/v04n07/

Satellite orbits

Student selects satellite velocity to try to keep satellite in earth orbit

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http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp//kap7/orbiter/orbit.htm

Proper Time in Circular Orbits

Orbits in gravitational fields

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http://mathpages.com/rr/s6-04/6-04.htm

Anomalous Precessions

The precession of the orbits of inner planets, especially Mercury, cannot be accurately described by Newtonian theory but are in close agreement with general relativity. This site also includes ...

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http://mathpages.com/rr/s6-01/6-01.htm

Out of This World

A worksheet and lesson plan for younger pupils. Objective: Asteroids, comets and other smaller object orbit the sun. Sometimes they may cross the orbit of the earth where they may burn up or crash ...

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http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/teacher/rocks/index.htm

Bohr Model

Combining the energy of the classical electron orbit with the quantization of angular momentum, the Bohr approach yields expressions for the electron orbit radii and energies.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/bohr.html#c4

Orbit Velocity

This site takes you through the calculation of an orbit velocity.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/orbv3.html#ov

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