Timeline for Does trajectory of an object orbiting a planet depend on the object's mass? (With hypothetical Apollo example)
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
9 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Oct 16, 2020 at 15:26 | history | suggested | Peter Nazarenko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Formulae styling.
|
| Oct 16, 2020 at 13:44 | review | Suggested edits | |||
| S Oct 16, 2020 at 15:26 | |||||
| Oct 15, 2020 at 11:48 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | Unfortunately, while true, this distracts from the question of orbital speed, which is different from accelaration in radial direction. See the new discussion at space.stackexchange.com/questions/48007/… | |
| Nov 22, 2019 at 19:32 | comment | added | Jason Goemaat | That was it,t he center of mass would be every so slightly closer to the planet | |
| Nov 21, 2019 at 2:24 | comment | added | madscientist | However, Density (mass distribution) is a function of r. Assuming a spherical planet, discrepancies cancel out though. | |
| Nov 21, 2019 at 2:17 | comment | added | madscientist | r is not a function of mass. It is the mass of the the planet/moon/whatever that is important here (m2). If you want to nitpick, the negligible part I left out was that the moon/planet/whatever accelerates ever-so-slightly toward the orbiting body (m1, in this case). | |
| Nov 20, 2019 at 23:45 | comment | added | Jason Goemaat |
Hate to nitpick, but isn't r affected very very very very very very very very very slightly by the change in mass?
|
|
| Nov 20, 2019 at 18:05 | review | First posts | |||
| Nov 20, 2019 at 18:33 | |||||
| Nov 20, 2019 at 18:00 | history | answered | madscientist | CC BY-SA 4.0 |