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Are orbiting astronauts accelerating?
Anything in an orbit is constantly accelerated. If that sounds peculiar to you, it's because you think 'accelerate' means 'speed up'. It doesn't. It means 'change speed or direction or both'. If an object is not moving at a constant speed in a straight line, then it's accelerating. An object in an orbit is constantly changing direction. So it's constantly being accelerated, even if its speed never changes.
How fast can an asteroid go?
Asteroids orbit the sun at several tens of thousands of miles per hour. The speed varies depending on the orbit.
What does an orbiting shuttle that follows the curve of Earths surface as it moves at a constant speed have to be?
Mainly, it has to: (1) Move at a sufficiently high speed. Near the Earth's surface, that would be about 7.9 kilometers per second (7900 meters per second). You can multiply the meters per second by 3.6 if you prefer it in kilometers/hour. (2) Be sufficiently far from Earth, to avoid air resistance. A height somewhere between 100 and 200 kilometers is required, for a relatively stable orbit. Comment: I think "in a circular orbit" is what the question is looking for as the answer.
Does the speed of a satellite in orbit depend on its mass?
No. The speed of any orbiting body depends only on the energy of its orbit, meaning mainly its distancefrom the central body.When a Space Shuttle astronaut performs a 'space walk', and momentarily unhooks his feet from thehull of the shuttle, he and the shuttle are both in earth orbit. The astronaut and the shuttle have thesame orbital speed, and they stay close together, even though the shuttle has somewhat more massthan the astronaut has.
What time of the year does the earth orbit faster around the sun?
Orbiting bodies travel faster at the closest point of approach to the primary. Planets and comets travel fastest at perihelion, the closest point of approach to the Sun. With comets, it's really obvious; Halley's Comet, for example, orbits between close the Venus to beyond Neptune. In its 76-year orbit, it spends about 3 years inside the orbit of Jupiter, and 73 years beyond it. Same with Earth and the other planets, although the eccentricity of Earth's orbit is only about 3%. So the difference between "fast at perihelion" and "slow at aphelion" isn't very much. The Earth reaches perihelion in January, so that's when it is moving fastest. If the people in Australia wanted to brag about how their summers are hotter than ours in the Northern Hemisphere because they're closer to the Sun during their summer, they would have a very good point!
What is earths speed in the orbit?
8600000000mph
Do AUs measure the speed of light?
No. An A.U. is the average radius of the Earths orbit around the Sun. (which can be measured in light years or light minutes (about 8) if you want).
How does the radius of an orbit relate to the average speed of the orbiting body?
The radius of an orbit is directly related to the average speed of the orbiting body. As the radius of the orbit increases, the average speed of the orbiting body decreases. This is because at a larger distance from the center of mass, the gravitational force decreases, requiring a lower speed to maintain the orbit.
When are speed and average speed the same?
Average speed is an average value of speed over a given time. If your speed is constant (not changing), then your average speed will equal your speed at any given moment in time.
Is the earths orbit faster than the speed of light?
We know that the answwer must be "No", simply because we know that NOTHING is faster than the speed of light.
What is mercury's speed of travel?
Mercury's orbit around the sun is actually more eccentric than the orbit of any other planet. Mercury's distance from the sun varies between 28 and 44 million miles, and that means that its speed in orbit also varies by a lot. But the average speed over an entire orbit is roughly 29.8 miles per second.
What is the average orbit speed of the planets?
5.43 km per second.
What is the speed of a satellite that moves in an eliptical orbit around the earth?
If a satellite is in an elliptical orbit around the Earth, the Earth will be at one of the focii. The speed of the satellite will then constantly be changing. It will move the fastest when it is nearest to the Earth (perigee) and slowest when it is furthest away (apogee).
What is earths orbit and rotation speed?
Earth's diameter = 8000 miles X (3.14) = 25,120 mi. / 24 hr. = 1043 mph (spin) Diameter of earths orbit = 186,000,000 mi. X (3.14) = 584,000,000 mi. / 8760 hr. = 66,666 mph (orbit) {365 days / year X 24 hours / day = 8760 hours / year} TOTAL SPEED = 1043 mph X 66666 mph = 6,953,638 (Figure 7M mph) plus times the rate of expansion of the universe {71 +/- 4 (km/s)/Mpc} Lucky we are holding on!
What speed does the earth orbit?
The Moon orbits Earth at an average speed of 3,700 km/h (2,300 mph).
What is the average speed of a space shuttle?
The average speed of a space shuttle in Earth's orbit is approximately 17,500 miles per hour (28,000 kilometers per hour). This speed allows the shuttle to maintain its orbit around the Earth while traveling at a high velocity.
How do you find the average speed of an object with changing speed?
It's as simple as total displacement divided by total time. Be careful though. If this is a velocity problem, displacement does not always equal distance.
