Focus on Physics: The Moon Is Falling!

by: Paul G. Hewitt

This column helps teachers build an understanding of physical principles. This month's column describes the sideways motion of tangential velocity, which keeps the Moon and all artificial Earth satellites falling around rather than into our planet.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 11/1/2016Stock # tst16_083_08_10Volume 083Issue 08

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