Calculations for Earth's Geosynchronous (aka Geostationary) Orbit: Physics Problem

[@sophiabeddoe5853]

Thank you SO MUCH. I hate when people dont explain the little details and just assume you already know it. But you explained everything so clearly so that I FINALLY understood how to do this problem. Thanks again :)

[@ignaciovega446]

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[@JoshuaXiao-w4q]

You talks so well and detailed! Appreciated it!

[@LashUpGaming]

I needed a refresher - this was perfect. Thanks! I have everything in notebooks but sometimes you forget the nitty gritty

[@anthonyfernando8088]

Great video. However, to be a little pedantic, you have to use the sidereal day for Earth, which is the rotational period relative to the stars, ie. 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds, or 86164 seconds. This is important since you are using 3 significant figures in your calculations.

[@astronm64]

Yep. It’s a common misconception that each day is 24 hours. While our solar day, or the average time between sunrises or sunsets, is 24 hours, the orbital period is a few minutes less

[@arjunvadehra5507]

A geosynchronous orbit can have any inclination - geostationary orbits are roughly equatorial orbits. If you track a geostationary satellite it remains exactly in the same spot i.e nadir does not change. When tracked geosynchronous trace out figure 8's or other shapes

[@marybevan8502]

It's an excellent presentation; thanks for doing it so clearly.

[@silentcartographer7685]

Love the video, but there is a difference between geosynchronous and geostationary. Geostationary orbits are geosynchronous, but geosynchronous orbits aren't always geostationary. Geosynchronous orbits can be elliptical while geostationary orbits are always circular.

[@Jamesdavey358]

Geosyncronous orbits can also be inclined

[@xvrype4348]

Amazing explanation, this helped me a ton^^

[@brian_mcnulty]

This is the first time I have seen someone put the units for the gravity constant.

[@seanagon182]

I love mathcad. Thanks for the physics lesson my friend.

[@dominikrodziewicz4328]

Hi mate thanks for the video. I have one question tho, what happens with the denominator 4 π ^ 2 ?

[@zeroquanta6130]

Hey, I thought the earth turns Counter Clockwise when looking at it from the top???

[@coriscotupi]

The earth turns west to east, or counter-cclockwise when viewed down from above the north pole.

[@shatilachowdhury5321]

A huge Thank you 😊

[@danielwalker3042]

This vid is phucking great! thanks

[@evisluE]

The problem for me is that there are so many variables and factors you need to plug in, it just makes me dizzy

[@rayrayner4426]

Way to hard for me. Can anyone tell me how fast the moon would need to travel in a geostationary orbit, assuming that orbit was not elliptical and 240,000 miles out? Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer.

[@skyblizter]

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[@tahauzun3735]

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[@CodakkYT]

Wow

[@michaelrogers6404]

lol "syncing of the periods"