Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video discusses how to calculate the needed orbital velocity for an object to maintain a circular orbit around a planet or moon. The video also discusses how to determine the orbital period, how much time it takes the orbiting object to make 1 revolution around the planet or moon.

See below for more examples of circular motion problems…

What Causes Circular Motion?: youtu.be/JzElR7BjePU
Examples #1&2 (Spinning Amusement Park Rides): youtu.be/Bqt1_LQswZA
Example #3 (Banked Curves): youtu.be/4KDx7sa2JAI
Example #4: (Merry Go Rounds): youtu.be/7O6m5OP_a_c
Examples #5 and 6 (Vertical Loops): youtu.be/NuFT16aQH6o
Example #7 (Over the Top of a Hill): youtu.be/njhyp80Xr5s
Example #15 and 16 (Circular Orbits (Finding Velocity and Period): youtu.be/_MhvV2kxzSs
Example #17 (Circular Orbits (Symbolic Expression for the Orbital Period)): youtu.be/KvM2MebcbSc
Example #18 (Simulated Gravity with Rotation): youtu.be/5K-wnZYou9Q

Circular Motion Lab (Pre-Lab Discussion): youtu.be/FYWaDjXrJhg
Circular Motion Lab (Data Set #1): youtu.be/B4gGojdUr1c
Circular Motion Lab (Data Set #2): youtu.be/_b6YTIW7oBA
Circular Motion Lab (Data Set #3): youtu.be/xVSEEIeSaCI
Circular Motion Lab (Data Set #4): youtu.be/sdK33dR58XQ
Circular Motion Lab (Data Set #5): youtu.be/GPFyoperoFk
Circular Motion Lab (Data Set #6): youtu.be/4TRC_Yvb12E
Circular Motion Lab (Conclusion Discussion): youtu.be/iZAf6sx1Kes

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:44 Finding Orbital Velocity
11:12 Finding the Period