Elliptical orbits
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Starting with an elliptic orbit (as of a satellite) and using Kepler’s law of areas, shows that the gravitational force on the satellite obeys an inverse square relation. The derivation is almost entirely geometric in nature.
Credits
- Directed by
- Norton Bloom
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q123304645 ↗ — year, creator, country, credits
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