Lecture L16 - Central Force Motion - MIT OpenCourseWare

Lecture L16 - Central Force Motion: Orbits In lecture L12, we derived three basic relationships embodying Kepler’s laws: ... Since there are no dissipative mechanisms and the only force acting on m can be derived from a gravitational potential, the total energy for the orbit will be conserved. Recall that the gravitational potential per unit ... ................
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