Two heavenly bodies ${S_1}$ and ${S_2}$, not far off from each other are seen to revolve in orbits
Around their common centre of mass
Which are arbitrary
With ${S_1}$ fixed and ${S_2}$ moving round ${S_1}$
With ${S_2}$ fixed and ${S_1}$ moving round ${S_2}$
Earth's orbit is an ellipse with eccentricity $0.0167$. Thus the earth's distance from the sun and speed as it moves around the sun varies from day-to-day. This means that the length of the solar day is not constant through the year. Assume that the earth's spin axis is normal to its orbital plane and find out the length of the shortest and the longest day. A day should be taken from noon to noon. Does this explain variation of length of the day during the year ?
According to Kepler, the period of revolution of a planet $(T)$ and its mean distance from the sun $(r)$ are related by the equation
The earth moves around the Sun in an elliptical orbit as shown in figure.The ratio $OA/OB = x$ . The ratio of the speed of the earth at $B$ to that at $A$ is nearly
A planet has orbital radius twice as the earth's orbital radius then the time period of planet is .......... $years$
An earth satellite $X$ is revolving around earth in an orbit whose radius is one-fourth of the radius of orbit of a communication satellite. Time period of revolution of $X$ is ..........