Good stuff, maybe instead of the first sentence though, I would have defined the slingshot effect.
It's probably better defined as being the increase in velocity given to a spacecraft because it enters the gravitational field of a planet as it passes by.
Yep, the general idea is right. I recommend using equations in your future responses.If an object travelled at relavistic speeds it would experience mass dilation and its mass would increase. As a result of its mass increasing, its acceleration would decrease, assuming net force is constant. If this trend continues, the final outcome would be that as the object approaches the speed of light, its mass would approach infinity whilst its acceleration would approach zero, meaning that the object would not be able to further accelerate and hence the object would never be able to actually obtain the speed of light and thus it is referred to as being the limiting speed of an object in the universe.
Not too sure on the answer, havent actually covered space at school
haha thank you for the advice
so which equations other than f=ma?
Yeah, I just meant applying the mass dilation formula to F=ma:haha thank you for the advice
All Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites will eventually fall to the Earth's surface due to atmospheric drag. Because LEOs are typically 160-2000km above the surface of the Earth, the satellite tends to collide with air molecules, this creates friction and thus kinetic energy is converted into heat and sound energy, thereby further losing kinetic energy and in time, altitude.
Just a note, am I allowed to ask questions which need students to solve simultaneous equations? Surely general maths students can do that.
You may want to fix up the given equation, you've done a typo I think.Just a note, am I allowed to ask questions which need students to solve simultaneous equations? Surely general maths students can do that.
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