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slamgirl [31]
3 years ago
6

A communication satellite is in a circular path orbit around Earth. If the speed of the satellite is constant, the net force act

ing on the satellite ____.
Physics
1 answer:
allsm [11]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

is changing in direction, but constant in magnitude

Explanation:

This question is a bit tricky since the velocity of the satellite is changing, but the speed is constant.

Speed is simply a measure of how fast you are going. It doesn't matter where you're going, just how quickly.

Velocity, on the other hand, does care about which direction you're going. For example, it could be then when you travel right, your velocity is positive, and when you travel left, your velocity is negative. This is the similar for a 2D shape like a circular orbit

Since we know velocity is changing, there must be acceleration which changes that velocity (since acceleration <em>is</em><em> </em>the change in velocity: going from 0 to 60 mph, for example)

Thus, with a non-zero net acceleration, we know that there must be a force that is changing in direction, but constant in magnitude (since the orbit is a circle, and always attracted to the center of the Earth at equal distance).

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