Lecture 15: Universal gravitation
Objectives: In this lecture, students will learn to- state Kepler's Laws of planetary motion
- formulate Newton's law of universal gravitation
- relate the free-fall acceleration to mass and radius of a celestial body
- explain satellite motion in terms of circular motion under the influence of gravity
- derive Kepler's 3rd law for a circular orbit
- Powerpoint: lec15.pptx
- Pdf (recommended for printing): lec15.pdf
| History and Kepler's Laws of planetary motion | Video 1 | with captions |
| Kepler's Laws Simulation | Video 2 | with captions |
| Newton's law of Universal Gravitation | Video 3 | with captions |
| Free-fall acceleration | Video 4 | with captions |
| Satellite motion and Kepler's 3rd law | Video 5 | with captions |
For your interest: this is the research our LIGO group is doing here at S&T!
| Gravitional Waves and LIGO | Powerpoint slides with many links |
| 2 minute video explanation of principle of LIGO detector (mp4) |