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What effects gravity and centripetal combined on the same orbiting path?
Sexitrini4ever
I'm not sure exactly what you are asking, but centripetal force is just a name given to any force that causes circular motion. Swing a rock on the end of a string and the string tension is the centripetal force. Drive a car around a flat circular track and the friction between the tires and the road is the centripetal force. Put a satellite in orbit and gravity is the centripetal force.
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What is the force called that keeps an object moving in a circle?
The force that keeps an object moving in a circle or an arc is called a centripetal force. Gravity is an example of centripetal force that keeps a satellite in a circular orbit around a planet. Another example is when you ride on a merry-go-round - the rotating play structure imparts a centripetal force upon you, forcing you to also travel in a circle.
What keeps a telescope in orbit?
It's the gravitational effect of the Sun combined with the inertia of the planets. Their inertia (Newton's first law of motion) would make the planets move in straight lines, but the gravitational force makes them follow elliptical paths and they orbit the Sun.
How do orbiters counteract the massive pull of a large planets gravity p?
centripetal acceleration counters the acceleration due to gravity creating an equilibrium. the EXACT same way water wont fall out of the bucket if you spin it fast enough. Gravity is also a field and decays as the distance between the two objects increases. GMm/r^2
Is there force in space?
No; gravity will continue acting on your body. If there was no force acting on your body while in space (let's say an orbiting satellite), the satellite would fly out of Earth's orbit and just wander off forever, but that doesn't happen - so gravity has to be acting on the satellite and your body as well!
When you push on a sled and it begins to go downhill you cause what accelartion?
The acceleration is caused by the force of gravity on the sled combined with the force you exert on the sled by pushing it.
What is the link between the suns gravity and the motion of a planet?
The Sun's gravity causes a planet to move in its orbit. The Sun's gravity provides a centripetal force. The effects of the Sun's gravity, combined with the planet's inertia (tendency to move in a straight line), results in a planet's elliptical orbit.
Movement of one object in its object in its orbit around another object in space?
Well it is orbiting and it is caused by gravity, centripetal and centrifugal forces
What provides the centripetal force that keeps objects in orbit?
Centripetal force wants to move something towards the centre. So in a satellites case that would be the Gravity of the Earth. If you had a rock tied to a string you were spinning around, the Centripetal Force would be the tension in the string acting towards the centre.
When a body moves in a circle how force takes part there?
For circular motion to occur, there must be a centripetal force( a force that is always directed towards the centre of the circle). The centripetal force is defined as F = mv2/r Where F is the centripetal force, m is the mass of the orbiting body, v is the velocity of the body, and r is the distance to the centre of the circle. If you whirl a conker above your head, the centripetal force is provided by the tension of the string. For a planet orbiting the sun, the centripetal force is provided by gravity.
How does weightlessness occur?
When a force is present to oppose that of gravity. eg > Upthrust on a body in a liquid (body in a swimming pool) Centripetal force ( orbiting satellite or space station)
Why doesn't gravity pull the artificial satellites to Earth?
Gravity pulls the satellites but the orbiting satellites don't fall down towards earth because the speed with which they move balances the gravitational force i.e. Centripetal force = Gravitational force.
What keeps the moon orbiting around the earth?
Orbits are established by the combined effects of gravitational attraction and relative velocity. In other words, the moon, like any orbiting body, moves forward (tangent to its orbit) at a speed just sufficient to ensure that as it falls toward the earth due to gravity, it has moved far enough that the two motions combine to keep it at a roughly stable distance from the earth.
Is Gravity is example of a centripetal force?
It can be. A centripetal force is not fundamental (such as gravity), it is the generic name given to a force that keeps objects moving in orbits (or circles). In the case of the Sun and the Earth, gravity is the centripetal force that keeps the Earth in orbit around the Sun.
Can a star also be a natural satellite?
In a sense, yes. There are binary star systems. These consist of two stars orbiting each other, or more properly, orbiting their barycenter, their combined center of gravity. You might think of each of them as the other's satellite.
What is the force that causes the earth to orbit the sun?
GRAVITY!A2. Centripetal force. The velocity of the satellite around the earth causes centripetal, force which balances with the gravity, holding it in a circular orbit around the earth.
What force keeps and object in orbit?
Gravity holds an object in a circular orbit.
The amount of force exerted on an object due to gravity?
Centripetal
