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What is the term for satellites that orbit the Earth at the same rate that the Earth rotates, thus appearing stationary in the sky?
What is the term for satellites that orbit the Earth at the same rate that the Earth rotates, thus appearing stationary in the sky?
Geostationary satellites
Who recognized the tendency of all material objects to be attracted towards the earth, and what is his nationality?
Who recognized the tendency of all material objects to be attracted towards the earth, and what is his nationality?
The Italian Physicist Galileo (1564-1642) recognized the tendency of all material objects to be attracted towards the earth.
What was the value that Galileo arrived at for the acceleration due to gravity through his experiments?
What was the value that Galileo arrived at for the acceleration due to gravity through his experiments?
Galileo arrived at a value for the acceleration due to gravity which is close to the more accurate value obtained later.
What is the term for the phenomenon of all bodies, irrespective of their masses, being accelerated towards the earth with a constant acceleration?
What is the term for the phenomenon of all bodies, irrespective of their masses, being accelerated towards the earth with a constant acceleration?
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What is the term for the energy possessed by a body due to its position in a gravitational field?
What is the term for the energy possessed by a body due to its position in a gravitational field?
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What is the term for the speed that an object must reach in order to escape the gravitational pull of a celestial body?
What is the term for the speed that an object must reach in order to escape the gravitational pull of a celestial body?
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