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Why is motion of satellites around earth is considered an accelerated motion?
Cutekritika17
Accelerated.ALL mass in the universe is constantly being accelerated by gravitational forces
from every other mass in the universe. Specifically, a satellite in orbit is constantly falling
toward the Earth under gravity - but because of the inertia of the satellite, it is continually
missing the Earth! In the absence of gravity, the satellite would proceed in a straight line
tangent to its current elliptical orbit.
And now, after that refreshing interlude, here is the answer to the question:
"Acceleration" does not mean "speeding up".
It means that either speed or direction is changing, (or both are changing).
Anything that's not moving in a straight line is in accelerated motion, because
its direction is changing.
A satellite is certainly not moving in a straight line.
Therefor its motion is accelerated.
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Constant motion has a constant speed, and accelerated motion has an accelerating speed! [getting faster] :)
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The vertical component of the projectile's motion is uniformly accelerated, no matter what the angle of launch was.
Is projectile motion is an example of uniformly accelerated motion in two dimensions?
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Give reason why uniform circular motion is considered as accelerated motion?
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Accelerated because when a body changes its direction It will accelerate.
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Constant motion has a constant speed, and accelerated motion has an accelerating speed! [getting faster] :)
Is it an example of uniformly accelerated motion the motion of a projectile fired at an angle?
The vertical component of the projectile's motion is uniformly accelerated, no matter what the angle of launch was.
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What is the other name of non-uniform motion?
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When the earth revolves around the sun that motion is accelerated or not?
It sure is accelerated. Acceleration refers to the rate of change of velocity, and since the direction of movement changes, the velocity changes as well.
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Yes.
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Accelerated motion.
