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Laws of physics senior one second term

Momentum (P)
P = m .V (m )mass of the body , (v) its
velocity
Force (F)
∆𝑷 (𝒂) acceleration
𝑭=
∆𝒕
∆𝑽
𝑭=𝒎
∆𝒕
𝑭 = 𝒎 .𝒂

Weight
𝑭 = 𝒎 .𝒈 (𝒈) acceleration due to gravity

Centripetal acceleration (𝒂𝒄 )


𝑽𝟐 ( V ): Tangential velocity
𝒂𝒄 = (r) : radius of circular orbit
𝒓
Tangential velocity (V)
𝟐𝝅𝒓 (T ): periodic time
𝑽=
𝑻
(r) : radius of circular orbit
Centripetal force (𝑭𝒄 )
𝑽𝟐 ( V ): Tangential velocity
𝑭𝒄 = 𝒎 (r) : radius of circular orbit
𝒓
Gravitational force (𝑭)
𝑴𝒎 ( r ) is the distance between the centers of the two bodies
𝑭=𝑮
𝒓𝟐 G is the gravitational constant = 6.67 x 10-11 N.m2 .kg-2

The intensity of Earth's gravitational field 𝒈

𝑮𝑴 (G) is the gravitational constant


𝒈=
𝒓𝟐 (𝑴) 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉
(𝒓) 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉′ 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓
Orbital velocity
(R )is the radius of earth
𝑮𝑴
𝑽= √ (h) the height at which the
𝐑+ 𝐡 satellite is launched into space

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