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Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation

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Discover the principles behind Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation, including centripetal acceleration and force, the Coriolis force, Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation, microgravity, and Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion with a focus on the derivation of Kepler’s Third Law for Circular Orbits.

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Introduction to Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation

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Rotation Angle

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Angular Velocity

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Summarizing Rotation Angle and Angular Velocity

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Centripetal Acceleration

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Summarizing Centripetal Acceleration

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Centripetal Force

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Summarizing Centripetal Force

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Fictitious Forces and Non-Inertial Frames: The Coriolis Force

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Summarizing the Coriolis Force

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Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation

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Tides

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“Weightlessness” and Microgravity

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The Cavendish Experiment: Then and Now

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Conservation of Energy

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Summarizing Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation

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Satellites and Kepler’s Laws: An Argument For Simplicity

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Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion

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Derivation of Kepler’s Third Law For Circular Orbits

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The Case For Simplicity

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Summarizing Satellites and Kepler’s Laws

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