Documents PHY134 Introductory Astronomy Gravity and Orbits 1.

Slide 1 PHY134 Introductory Astronomy Gravity and Orbits 1 Slide 2 Thinking about Orbits Why doesn’t the Moon fall on Earth? It does! Moon is constantly accelerating towards…

Documents PHY134 Introductory Astronomy Tides and Matter 1.

Slide 1 Slide 2 PHY134 Introductory Astronomy Tides and Matter 1 Slide 3 Leftovers Earth is in free fall under gravity of Sun, so Sun’s gravity has no effect on Earth!…

Documents PHY134 Introductory Astronomy

Slide 1 PHY134 Introductory Astronomy Tides and Matter 1 Leftovers Earth is in free fall under gravity of Sun, so Sun’s gravity has no effect on Earth! Almost none. There…

Documents PHY134 Introductory Astronomy

Slide 1 PHY134 Introductory Astronomy Gravity and Orbits 1 Thinking about Orbits Why doesn’t the Moon fall on Earth? It does! Moon is constantly accelerating towards Earth.…