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Drawing a free-body diagram for a body residing on Lagrange point $L_4$ and $L_5$
I am aware of the fact that Lagrange points $L_4$ and $L_5$ are stable equilibrium points however I cannot understand why they are equilibrium points in the first place.
Consider a Earth-Moon system ...
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Apparent weight due to the rotation of earth
My concern here is that, if you were to calculate the apparent weight of an object due to earth's rotation at the equator, most text books use centripetal force and it works totally fine, but when it ...
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What are all the forces a person is subjected to in a G force simulator centrifuge?
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What are all the forces a person is subjected to in a G force simulator?
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In a G force centrifuge a test pilot is exposed to high G forces, however recently I've been learning about ...
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Earth as a perfect sphere and an object trying to stand still
I have imagined the Earth as a perfect sphere with uniform mass density and I put an object somewhere between the equator and the north pole at rest with respect to earth. And also in my imaginary ...
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