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Kepler’s Laws (see video)
The square of the period of a planet’s orbit is directly proportional to the cube of its mean distance from the Sun.
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Satellite motion If an orbiting satellite had a period of 24 hours, and you saw it overhead at, say am, when would you next see it overhead? Geosynchronous
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Satellite motion If you wanted the satellite to remain directly overhead (i.e. above a fixed point on the Earth) at all times (not just once per day) where on the Earth would you have to be? Geostationary
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Geostationary Satellites
Period of orbit must be the same as the Earth Orbit must be directly above the equator Must rotate in the same sense as the Earth
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Gravitational Field vs Electric Field
Definition of field strength Units Uniform field Vector forces
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