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Acceleration due to gravity at the space station

What is the acceleration due to gravity at the space station.

Subject and Topic
Form 2
Physics
Motion in a straight line
Motion under gravity
Resource Type
Video
Language
English
Publisher
Khan Academy
Publication Date
2011
Creator/Author
Khan Academy
Keyword
Motion
Gravity

Gravity for astronauts in orbit

Why do astronauts appear weightless despite being near the Earth?

Subject and Topic
Form 2
Physics
Motion in a straight line
Motion under gravity
Resource Type
Video
Language
English
Publisher
Khan Academy
Publication Date
2011
Creator/Author
Sal Khan
Keyword
Gravity
Laws of motion
Velocity

Introduction to gravity

Basics of gravity and the Law of Universal Gravitation.

Subject and Topic
Form 2
Physics
Motion in a straight line
Motion under gravity
Resource Type
Video
Language
English
Publisher
Khan Academy
Publication Date
2012
Creator/Author
Sal Khan
Keyword
Gravity
Law of Universal Gravitation

Motion in One Dimension

This unit is about how things move along a straight line or, more scientifically, how things move in one dimension. Examples of this would be the movement (motion) of cars along a straight road or of trains along straight railway tracks.

Subject and Topic
Form 2
Physics
Motion in a straight line
Motion under gravity
Resource Type
Studieboeken
Language
English
Publisher
Department of Higher Education
Publication Date
No date
Creator/Author
Leigh Kleynhans
Contributor
Michael Atkinson
Keyword
Distance
Displacement
Speed
Velocity

Space station speed in orbit

Speed necessary for the space station to stay in orbit.

Subject and Topic
Form 2
Physics
Motion in a straight line
Motion under gravity
Resource Type
Video
Language
English
Publisher
Khan Academy
Publication Date
2011
Creator/Author
Sal Khan
Keyword
Speed
Gravity
Law of Universal Gravitation

Viewing g as the value of Earth's gravitational field near the surface

Viewing g as the value of Earth's gravitational field near the surface rather than the acceleration due to gravity near Earth's surface for an object in freefall.

Subject and Topic
Form 2
Physics
Motion in a straight line
Motion under gravity
Resource Type
Video
Language
English
Publisher
Khan Academy
Publication Date
2011
Creator/Author
Sal Khan
Keyword
Gravity
Law of Universal Gravitation

Would a brick or feather fall faster?

What would fall faster on the moon, a brick or a feather?

Subject and Topic
Form 2
Physics
Motion in a straight line
Motion under gravity
Resource Type
Video
Language
English
Publisher
Khan Academy
Publication Date
2011
Creator/Author
Sal Khan
Keyword
Gravity
One dimensional motion