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Worked example 11.6: Oscillating
Orbital motion
Subsections
Introduction
Historical background
Gravity
Gravitational potential energy
Satellite orbits
Planetary orbits
Worked example 12.1: Gravity on Callisto
Worked example 12.2: Acceleration of a rocket
Worked example 12.3: Circular Earth orbit
Worked example 12.4: Halley's comet
Worked example 12.5: Mass of star
Worked example 12.6: Launch energy
Richard Fitzpatrick 2006-02-02