Physics and Mathematics

What are the concepts in Physics and Mathematics that students find difficult? In this blog I will post tutorial sheets that I hope will stimulate thinking and so broaden the knowledge and understanding of students allowing them to write thorough examination responses. Tutorial sheets, structured to assist student learning, will be posted on IB SL and HL Physics syllabus topics as well as the general HSC topics of relativity, electromagnetism, mechanics, thermodynamics, quantum physics and calculus. The overall purpose of these pages is to encourage and promote learning in Physics and Mathematics and so open new horizons in learning.

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February 15, 2021

IB Physics Why does a Satellite not Fall to the Earth?

February 15, 2021/ Stephen McAndrew

A tutorial sheet on satellite orbits is given below.

A satellite orbits the Earth in a circular path. Is the satellite "falling" towards the Earth?
As a satellite orbits the Earth in a circular path does the Earth "fall" away from the satellite?
Determine the orbital speed of a geostationary satellite.
How far does a geostationary satellite "fall" towards the Earth in one second? How far does the Earth "fall" away from the satellite orbit in one second?

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IB Physics Why does a Satellite not Fall to the Earth?

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