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13 Cards in this Set
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Centripetal Force |
Force that pulls an object towards the center of a curved path (Centripetal force equals mass times velocity squared divided by radius) |
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Centripetal Acceleration |
Acceleration directed towards the center of a curved path (Centripetal Acceleration equals velocity squared divided by radius) |
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Gravity |
Force of attraction between all objects in the universe |
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Tangential Speed |
The speed of an object that has circular motion |
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Weight |
Measure of the pull of gravity on an object (Weight equals mass times gravity) |
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Tides |
The rise and fall of the ocean's surface caused by the Moon's Gravitational Pull |
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Gravitational Field |
Region surrounding an object in which the effects of its gravity can be determined |
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Black Hole |
Star whose gravity is so strong that light cannot escape |
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Kepler's 1st law of planetary motion |
Each planet orbits the sun in an elliptical path, with the sun an one focus |
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Kepler's 2nd law of planetary motion |
An imaginary line that joins a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal time |
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Kepler's 3rd law of planetary motion |
The square of a planet's period is proportional to the cube of its average distance from the sun |
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Newtons Law of Universal Gravitation |
F = G |
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Eccentricity |
Measure of Deviation of a circle |
