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Circular Motion, the Planets, and Gravity

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  1. The vector nature of centripetal acceleration and centripetal force.
  2. The determination of the magnitude and direction of centripetal force and centripetal acceleration.
  3. How Kepler's three laws describe the motion of the planets and of man-made satellites.
  4. The relationship between weight and Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation.