Author Question: Project a cannonball from atop Newton's hypothetical mountain at 8 km/s and it orbits Earth. Project ... (Read 31 times)

OSWALD · **on:** Jul 29, 2018

Project a cannonball from atop Newton's hypothetical mountain at 8 km/s and it orbits Earth. Project it at 9 km/s and the shape of the orbit is

A) a somewhat larger circle.
B) a wide parabola.
C) an ellipse.

Question 2

For all paths of Earth satellites, one focus of the path is

A) the location from which the satellite was launched.
B) Earth's center.
C) the Sun's center.
D) need more information