SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

CELESTIAL MECHANICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If you burn directly away from the object you are orbiting, what will happen to your orbit?
A
Your orbit will increase
B
Your orbit will decrease
C
Your orbit will change its radial
D
Your orbit will change its inclination
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Changes in the Earth’s orbit around the sun and changes in the tilt and wobble of the Earth’s axis can lead to cooling or warming of the Earth’s climate because they change the amount of energy our planet receives from the sun.

Detailed explanation-2: -A planet’s orbital speed changes, depending on how far it is from the Sun. The closer a planet is to the Sun, the stronger the Sun’s gravitational pull on it, and the faster the planet moves. The farther it is from the Sun, the weaker the Sun’s gravitational pull, and the slower it moves in its orbit.

Detailed explanation-3: -When an object is dropped from a satellite, it will experience the same centripetal force as before and hence will continue to revolve around the earth with the same speed.

Detailed explanation-4: -Newtonian mechanics explains that they do fall toward the object they’re orbiting, they just keep missing.

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