Velocity Required to Put an Object in Orbit
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The velocity required to put an object into earth orbit is _______ km/sec.
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Almost 200 words of explained calculations find the required velocity for launching something into Earth orbit.
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Newton's law of gravitation,
F=G M1 M2/r^2
can be obtained by a potential,
F=-dV/dr
where the potential is V=G M1 M2/r.
This potential is the potential energy between two mass charges. It's physical meaning is that, if we have two masses ...
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