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When a satellite is in orbit. Why does it follow a curved path?
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∙ 11y ago
The gravitational pull is causing the satellite to orbit around because the pull is the same all the way around. If it ever managed to leave the gravitational pull, it would just wander pretty aimlessly and even then it would go in a straight line.
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Comment: In more "scientific" words :
1. The satellite has a velocity that is along the line of its orbit ( in other words "tangential" to the orbit, at any instant).
2. The planet, that the satellite orbits, is trying to pull the satellite in the direction of the planet.
3. The combination of these things results in the curved path. The satellite is constantly being diverted from its direction at a tangent to the orbit by gravity.
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The curved path that a satellite follows is a?
the orbit
What is the path of a planet or a satellite called?
A satellite is a body in orbit around another lager body. A probe is a machine sent to a specific place or specific course in space. Comment: That doesn't seem to answer the question. The curved path that a satellite follows is either a circle or an ellipse
The curved path in which a planet revolves around another body?
it is called an orbit. <b> YAYY </b> :]]]]]]]
What is the curved path of a planet?
Elliptical Orbit.
The curved path of one object around another?
An orbit.
The curved path that a satellite follows is a?
the orbit
What does world orbit mean?
A curved path around an object. Refers to the path of a Satellite or the surrounding area of the eye.
What is the path of a planet or a satellite called?
A satellite is a body in orbit around another lager body. A probe is a machine sent to a specific place or specific course in space. Comment: That doesn't seem to answer the question. The curved path that a satellite follows is either a circle or an ellipse
Curved path of a planet?
Orbit
Why the path of satellite is ellipse?
it is made to follow an elliptical orbit to make it spend its time more in the visible sky.
The curved path in which a planet revolves around another body?
it is called an orbit. <b> YAYY </b> :]]]]]]]
What path of the orbit called?
An orbit is the path of a planet, star, or satellite through space around another object. The path the orbit is simply the orbit.
What is the curved path arounfd the planet called?
orbit
The curved path of one object around another?
An orbit.
What is the curved path of a planet?
Elliptical Orbit.
The path of a satellite around earth is called its?
orbit
What is the curved path of a planet around the sun?
The curved path is called the orbit. Each planet has its own orbit. Some are faster and some are slower. They are caused by the gravity of the planet and the sun
