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Circular Motion and Satellite Motion - Chapter Outline

Lesson 1: Motion Characteristics for Circular Motion

1. Speed and Velocity
2. Acceleration
3. The Centripetal Force Requirement
4. The Forbidden F-Word
5. Mathematics of Circular Motion

Lesson 2: Applications of Circular Motion

1. Newton's Second law - Revisited
2. Amusement Park Physics
3. Athletics

Lesson 3: Universal Gravitation

1. Gravity is More than a Name
2. The Apple, the Moon, and the Inverse Square Law
3. Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
4. Cavendish and the Value of G
5. The Value of g

Lesson 4: Planetary and Satellite Motion

1. Kepler's Three Laws
2. Circular Motion Principles for Satellites
3. Mathematics of Satellite Motion
4. Weightlessness in Orbit
5. Energy Relationships for Satellites