Gravity and Orbital Mechanics - Physics 101 / AP Physics 1 Review with Dianna Cowern

What happens to a candle's flame when it is dropped in a box?

How does gravity affect the motion of planets in our solar system?

What is Newton's law of universal gravitation?

How did astronomers in the late 1500s understand planetary motion?

What is the relationship between mass and gravitational attraction?

How does the distance from the center of the Earth affect gravitational force?

What is the significance of the gravitational constant G?

How can we calculate the mass of the Sun using Kepler's Third Law?

What evidence do astronomers have for the existence of dark matter?

How does Einstein's theory of general relativity differ from Newton's laws of gravity?