Circular Motion & Gravitation

Learning Targets

• Identify and describe angular displacement, angular speed and angular acceleration.

• Compare and contrast linear motion with angular motion.

• Solve problems involving angular displacement, angular speed and angular acceleration.

• Explain the difference between tangential and centripetal accelerations.

• Describe conceptually the forces involved in circular motion.

• Solve problems involving tangential and centripetal accelerations and centripetal force.

• Describe Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation.

• Solve problems involving Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation.

• Use Kepler's three laws to describe planetary motion.

• Solve problems using Kepler's Laws.

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