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Combined Gravitational Force Vectors in a Spherical Coordinate System
Asking a question here is quite intimidating for me -- while I love Physics, my high-school understanding only allows me to go so far... I've been trying to solve this problem for the last couple of ...
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How would nucleosynthesis be different if the neutron were stable?
If the strong nuclear force were just 2% stronger, the neutron would be a stable particle instead of having a half life of about 13 minutes. What difference would that have made to Big Bang ...
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Escape velocity of a rocket standing on Ganymede (Moon of Jupiter)
I want to calculate the escape velocity of a rocket, standing on the surface of Ganymede (moon of Jupiter) and trying to leave Ganymede.
My thinking was, the kinetic energy $E_{\text{KIN}}$ must be ...
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Planet orbits: what's the difference between gravity and centripetal force?
My physics teacher says that centripetal force is caused by gravity. I'm not entirely sure how this works? How can force cause another in space (ie where there's nothing).
My astronomy teacher says ...
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A force's magnitude
In this question I asked about gravity and in the answers it came up that the magnitude is equal (of the gravity acting on the Sun and the of the gravity acting on the Earth)
Does magnitude simply ...
