Thursday, January 19, 2017

What is its speed VP when the planet passes the perigee?

A planet orbits a star. The perigee, namely the shortest distance between the planet and the star is P. The apogee, namely the longest distance between the planet and the star is A. When the planet is on the distance R from the star (P RA), the speed of the planet is V. What is its speed VP when the planet passes the perigee? Find an expression for VP in terms of P, A, V, R.

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger