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1. phys.libretexts.org › Bookshelves › Astronomy3.4: Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation - Physics LibreTexts

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   Jul 29, 2023 · Newton’s universal law of gravitation says that the force acting upon (and therefore the acceleration of) an object toward Earth should be inversely proportional to the square of its distance from the center of Earth. Objects like apples at the surface of Earth, at a distance of one Earth-radius from the center of Earth, are observed to ...

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   A planet like Earth is found orbiting its star at a distance of 1 AU in 0.71 Earth-year. Can you use Newton’s version of Kepler’s third law to find the mass of the star? (Remember that compared to the mass of a star, the mass of an earthlike planet can be considered negligible.)

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   So the mass of the star is twice the mass of our Sun. (Remember that this way of expressing the law has units in terms of Earth and the Sun, so masses are expressed in units of the mass of our Sun.) Check Your Learning Suppose a star with twice the mass of our Sun had an earthlike planet that took 4 years to orbit the star.

4. uwm.pressbooks.pub › astronomy › chapterChapter 3 Section 3.3: Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation

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   3.3 Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation. By the end of this section, you will be able to: Newton’s laws of motion show that objects at rest will stay at rest and those in motion will continue moving uniformly in a straight line unless acted upon by a force. Thus, it is the straight line that defines the most natural state of motion.

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   May 2, 2024 · Mercury, the innermost planet, takes only 88 days to orbit the Sun. Earth takes 365 days, while distant Saturn requires 10,759 days to do the same. How We Use Kepler’s Laws Today Kepler didn’t know about gravity, which is responsible for holding the planets in their orbits around the Sun, when he came up with his three laws.

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   Feb 29, 2024 · Earth is kept in its orbit by the sun’s gravitational pull. This delicate balance between gravity pulling Earth and Earth’s orbital velocity keeps our planet in a stable orbit. Earth’s orbit is nearly circular, taking about 365.25 days to complete one full trip around the sun.

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   How long does it take a planet to orbit the Sun?

   • Mercury, the innermost planet, takes only 88 days to orbit the Sun. Earth takes 365 days, while distant Saturn requires 10,759 days to do the same. Kepler didn’t know about gravity, which is responsible for holding the planets in their orbits around the Sun, when he came up with his three laws.

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   What is the difference between a planet and the Sun?

   • This means the distance between a planet and the sun varies throughout its orbit. Second Law (The Law of Equal Areas): This law states that as a planet orbits the sun, the line between the sun and the planet covers equal areas in equal times.

   Universal Laws of Planetary Motion and Gravitation

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   How do planets orbit the Sun?

   • The planets orbit the Sun in a counterclockwise direction as viewed from above the Sun's north pole, and the planets' orbits all are aligned to what astronomers call the ecliptic plane. Who Was Johannes Kepler? Johannes Kepler was born on Dec. 27, 1571, in Weil der Stadt, Württemberg, which is now in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

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   What is the sum of the Sun's mass and a planets mass?

   • In units of the Sun’s mass, the mass of the Sun is 1, and in units of the Sun’s mass, the mass of a typical planet is a negligibly small factor. This means that the sum of the Sun’s mass and a planet’s mass, (M1 +M2) (M 1 + M 2), is very, very close to 1.

   3.3 Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation - Astronomy 2e - OpenStax

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   Why does the Sun have a gravitational pull around the Milky Way?

   • And the Sun’s gravitational pull joins with the pull of billions of others stars to create the gravitational pull of our Milky Way Galaxy. That force, in turn, can make other smaller galaxies orbit around the Milky Way, and so on.

   Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation | Astronomy - Lumen Learning

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   What determines the length of Earth's orbit?

   • The length of Earth’s orbit is determined by its distance from the sun and the gravitational forces. The velocity at which Earth travels through space is perfectly balanced to keep it in a stable orbit. This prevents it from moving too close to or too far from the sun. Earth’s orbit is not a perfect circle but slightly elliptical.

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8. howthingsfly.si.edu › flight-dynamics › kepler’sKepler’s Laws of Orbital Motion | How Things Fly

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   Kepler’s First Law describes the shape of an orbit. The orbit of a planet around the Sun (or a satellite around a planet) is not a perfect circle. It is an ellipse—a “flattened” circle. The Sun (or the center of the planet) occupies one focus of the ellipse. A focus is one of the two internal points that help determine the shape of an ...