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  2. Radial velocity - Wikipedia

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    A positive radial velocity indicates the distance between the objects is or was increasing; a negative radial velocity indicates the distance between the source and observer is or was decreasing. William Huggins ventured in 1868 to estimate the radial velocity of Sirius with respect to the Sun, based on observed redshift of the star's light. [6]

  3. Schwarzschild radius - Wikipedia

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    The Schwarzschild radius is nonetheless a physically relevant quantity, as noted above and below. This expression had previously been calculated, using Newtonian mechanics, as the radius of a spherically symmetric body at which the escape velocity was equal to the speed of light.

  4. Gyroradius - Wikipedia

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    The radius of this circle, , can be determined by equating the magnitude of the Lorentz force to the centripetal force as = | |. Rearranging, the gyroradius can be expressed as = | |. Thus, the gyroradius is directly proportional to the particle mass and perpendicular velocity, while it is inversely proportional to the particle electric charge ...

  5. True anomaly - Wikipedia

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    In celestial mechanics, true anomaly is an angular parameter that defines the position of a body moving along a Keplerian orbit.It is the angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of the body, as seen from the main focus of the ellipse (the point around which the object orbits).

  6. Orbital speed - Wikipedia

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    Where M is the (greater) mass around which this negligible mass or body is orbiting, and v e is the escape velocity at a distance from the center of the primary body equal to the radius of the orbit. For an object in an eccentric orbit orbiting a much larger body, the length of the orbit decreases with orbital eccentricity e, and is an ellipse.

  7. Cyclotron motion - Wikipedia

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    The radius of this circle, , can be determined by equating the magnitude of the Lorentz force to the centripetal force as = | |. Rearranging, the cyclotron radius can be expressed as = | |. Thus, the cyclotron radius is directly proportional to the particle mass and perpendicular velocity, while it is inversely proportional to the particle ...

  8. Angular velocity - Wikipedia

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    The angular velocity of the particle at P with respect to the origin O is determined by the perpendicular component of the velocity vector v.. In the simplest case of circular motion at radius , with position given by the angular displacement () from the x-axis, the orbital angular velocity is the rate of change of angle with respect to time: =.

  9. Circular orbit - Wikipedia

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    The speed (or the magnitude of velocity) relative to the centre of mass is constant: [1]: 30 = = where: , is the gravitational constant, is the mass of both orbiting bodies (+), although in common practice, if the greater mass is significantly larger, the lesser mass is often neglected, with minimal change in the result.