Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: Newton's law of gravitation
  2: G and g
  3: Shell theorem
  4: Shell theorem: inside the sphere
  5: Sample problem: gravitational force inside the Earth
  6: Earth's composition and g
  7: Interactive checkpoint: gravitation
  8: Newton's cannon
  9: Interactive problem: Newton's cannon
10: Circular orbits
11: Sample problem: speed of an orbiting satellite
12: Interactive problem: intercept the orbiting satellite
13: Interactive problem: dock with an orbiting space station
14: Kepler's first law
15: More on ellipses and orbits
16: Interactive checkpoint: elliptical orbit
17: Kepler's second law
18: Kepler's third law
19: Sample problem: the period of the Moon
20: Interactive problem: geosynchronous satellite
21: Orbits and energy
22: Sample problem: energy and orbital radius
23: Interactive checkpoint: Kepler's third law and energy
24: Sample problem: energy of a rocket to the Moon
25: Interactive problem: a rocket mission to Mars
26: Escape speed
27: Gotchas
28: Summary

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