Students explore orbits of planets and satellites. Some topics examined in the activities are planetary motion, angular momentum of orbits, and Kepler's laws. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions. Practice problems and exam questions include detailed solutions.

Concepts

planetary motion, kepler's laws

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Additional Tags

angular momentum of orbits, satellites in orbit, mit opencourseware, ocw, open course ware

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)