Gravitation
6.0 Satellites
6.1 Orbital speed of satellite
6.2 Time period of a satellite
6.3 Angular momentum of a satellite
6.4 Energy of a satellite
6.5 Types of satellite
6.6 Binding energy
6.7 Escape velocity
6.8 Weightlessness
6.0 Satellites
6.2 Time period of a satellite
6.3 Angular momentum of a satellite
6.4 Energy of a satellite
6.5 Types of satellite
6.6 Binding energy
6.7 Escape velocity
6.8 Weightlessness
A satellite is a lighter body which is revolving continuously in an orbit around a comparatively much larger body.
Example: Earth is a satellite of sun and moon is a satellite of earth.
Artificial satellite: are launched from the earth. Such satellites are used for telecommunication, weather forecast, and other applications. The path of these satellites are elliptical with center of earth at the focus.
However, difference is major and minor axes is so small that they can be treated as nearly circular.
