Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Lecture 19: Orbits
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Lecture 19: Orbits
Why do Kepler's Laws work? In this lecture I will describe Newton's
generalization of Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion so that they will
apply to any two massive bodies orbiting around their common center of
mass. I will introduce families of open and closed orbits, the circular
and escape speeds, center-of-mass, conservation of angular momentum, and
Newton's generalized version of Kepler's 3rd Law. The latter is a
powerful tool for using orbital motions as our only way to measure the
masses of astronomical objects. Recorded 2007 Oct 16 in 1000 McPherson
Lab on the Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.
View all episodes
By Richard Pogge
4.8
8080 ratings
Why do Kepler's Laws work? In this lecture I will describe Newton's
generalization of Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion so that they will
apply to any two massive bodies orbiting around their common center of
mass. I will introduce families of open and closed orbits, the circular
and escape speeds, center-of-mass, conservation of angular momentum, and
Newton's generalized version of Kepler's 3rd Law. The latter is a
powerful tool for using orbital motions as our only way to measure the
masses of astronomical objects. Recorded 2007 Oct 16 in 1000 McPherson
Lab on the Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.
More shows like Astronomy 161 - Introduction to Solar System Astronomy - Autumn 2007
View all
Astronomy Cast
2,868 Listeners
Astronomy 141 - Life in the Universe - Autumn Quarter 2009
184 Listeners
Odd Lots
1,768 Listeners
The Bulwark Podcast
11,578 Listeners
The Journal.
5,920 Listeners
The Supermassive Podcast
284 Listeners
The Rest Is History
12,463 Listeners