Question

PLEASE HELP 50 POINTS. In Newton's cannonball illustration, what happens if the cannon ball's velocity is slightly faster than the circular orbit speed?
A. the cannon ball will crash into space B. the cannon ball will break orbit and go off into space. C. The cannon ball will have an elliptical orbit

Answer 1

The option that happens if the cannon ball's velocity is slightly faster than the circular orbit speed is option C: The cannon ball will have an elliptical orbit.

What is the  Newton's cannonball illustration about?

The  Newton's cannonball illustration states that when a given ball is said to have gone or travels a little more faster than that of the circular velocity, it will create a kind of an elliptical orbit with the cannon and this is done at the perigee which is said to be the closest point in the orbit.

Note also that If the ball is said to have travels at the escape velocity, the orbit will be tend to open.

Therefore, The option that happens if the cannon ball's velocity is slightly faster than the circular orbit speed is option C: The cannon ball will have an elliptical orbit  is correct.

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