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7.1 The Solar System and gravity

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Question 22

A mapping satellite follows a low polar orbit around the Earth. Imagine that the Earth stopped rotating while the satellite continued to complete the same orbit repeatedly.

Explain how this would affect the area of the Earth's surface imaged over repeated orbits.

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7.1 The Solar System and gravity Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Physics
  3. /7.1 The Solar System and gravity

80 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 7.1 The Solar System and gravity, covering 7.1.1 Weight and g on different bodies in space, 7.1.2 The Solar System, 7.1.3 Changing ideas about the Solar System, 7.1.4 Orbits of moons, planets, comets and satellites, and 7.1.5 Gravity and orbital motion. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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