Types of Energy in Orbits

What types of energy are involved in an orbit?

• Thermal energy and kinetic energy

• Potential energy and kinetic energy

• Chemical energy and potential energy

• Nuclear energy and thermal energy

What will be used to determine how to transfer a satellite into a new orbit?

• Energy conservation laws

• Energy relationships

• Orbital mechanics

• Satellite design parameters

What is potential energy?

• Energy that is moving

• Energy that is stored within a system due to the position of the system

• Energy that is lost

• Energy that is used up

What can potential energy be converted into?

• Only kinetic energy

• Only mechanical energy

• Only heat energy

• Other energy forms

What type of energy is kinetic energy?

• Energy of position

• Energy of motion

• Energy of heat

• Energy of light

What provides potential energy due to the gravitational pull on satellites?

• The Moon

• The Sun

• Earth

• Mars

What type of energy does satellite movement have?

• Potential energy

• Chemical energy

• Kinetic energy

• Thermal energy

What does the symbol 'U' represent in the context of gravitational potential energy?

• Universal gravitational constant

• Mass of the central body

• Mass of the orbiting body

• Gravitational potential energy

In the formula for gravitational potential energy, what does 'M' stand for?

• Mass of the orbiting body

• Mass of the central body

• Universal gravitational constant

• Radius of the orbit

In the formula for gravitational potential energy, what does 'm' stand for?

• Mass of the central body

• Universal gravitational constant

• Radius of the orbit

• Mass of the orbiting body