10C's: C1
[See lectures, class web pages, HWs & solutions,
and Chapter 5 of TB1.]
C1: G, Newton's gravitational constant,
& his three laws of motion & his universal
law of gravity
* Newton's three laws of motion;
* Newton's universal law of gravity: The gravitational
force between two massive objects is proportional to the product of the
two (rest) masses, and is inversely proportional to the square of the
distance between them, and the proportional constant is Newton's constant
of gravity..
** Units of G;
* Angular momentum is conserved
** Equation for angular
momentum;.
* Energy in Newtonian mechanics is composed
of kinetic energy (one for each dimension of the space) and potential
energy (due to the gravitational force in the direction of the pull only)
** Equations
for kineticenergies, one for each dimension of the space:
*** kinetic energy in the radial direction;
*** kinetic energy in the angular direction;
*** kinetic energy in the 3rd direction (the direction
perpendicular to the above two) = 0.
** Gravitation
potential energy (negative)
*** Exact equation;
*** Exact equation for the difference of two potential
energies.
*** Approximate equation derived from exact equation
for the difference of two potential energies at different heights.
* Escape velocity is the velocity at which the
sum of the kinetic energy (positive) and the gravitational potential energy
(negative) is zero.