Unit 5 Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

• explain why an object moving at a constant speed in a circle is accelerating;
• solve problems involving planets and satellites;
• explain what it means when an astronaut orbiting the Earth is described as being weightless;
• compare and contrast the physical properties associated with linear motion and rotational motion;
• state and explain Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation; and
• use kinematic equations to solve circular motion problems.