Answer:
<h2>Mass of 1 Kg and 2 Kg, 1 meters apart.</h2>
Explanation:
The gravitational force is defined as
By definition, the gravitational force depends directly on the product of the masses and indirectly on the distance between the masses, which means the further they are, the less gravitational force would be. And, the greater the masses, the greater the gravitational force.
Among the options, the pair that would have the greatest gravitational force is Mass of 1 Kg and 2 Kg, with 1 meter between them.
Notice that the last choice includes the same masses but with a greater distance between them, that means it would be a weaker graviational force.
Therefore, the right answer is the second choice.
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Answer:
For elliptical orbits: seldom
For circular orbits: always
Explanation:
We start by analzying a circular orbit.
For an object moving in circular orbit, the direction of the acceleration (centripetal acceleration) is always perpendicular to the direction of motion of the object.
Since acceleration has the same direction of the force (according to Newton's second law of motion), this means that the direction of the force (the centripetal force) is always perpendicular to the velocity of the object.
So for a circular orbit,
the direction of the velocity of the satellite is always perpendicular to the net force acting upon the satellite.
Now we analyze an elliptical orbit.
An elliptical orbit correponds to a circular orbit "stretched". This means that there are only 4 points along the orbit in which the acceleration (and therefore, the net force) is perpendicular to the direction of motion (and so, to the velocity) of the satellite. These points are the 4 points corresponding to the intersections between the axes of the ellipse and the orbit itself.
Therefore, for an elliptical orbit,
the direction of the velocity of the satellite is seldom perpendicular to the net force acting upon the satellite.
