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  2. Tidal acceleration - Wikipedia

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    Tidal acceleration is an effect of the tidal forces between an orbiting natural satellite (e.g. the Moon) and the primary planet that it orbits (e.g. Earth). The acceleration causes a gradual recession of a satellite in a prograde orbit (satellite moving to a higher orbit, away from the primary body, with a lower orbital velocity and hence a ...

  3. Time dilation - Wikipedia

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    Gravitational time dilation is at play e.g. for ISS astronauts. While the astronauts' relative velocity slows down their time, the reduced gravitational influence at their location speeds it up, although to a lesser degree. Also, a climber's time is theoretically passing slightly faster at the top of a mountain compared to people at sea level.

  4. Sliding (motion) - Wikipedia

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    Slowing Down (or Stopping) occurs when the force of kinetic friction is greater than that of the external force. This also follows Newton's first law of motion as there exists a net force on the object. Constant Velocity occurs when there is no net force on the object, that is the external force is equal to force of kinetic friction.

  5. Terminal velocity - Wikipedia

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    An object moving downward faster than the terminal velocity (for example because it was thrown downwards, it fell from a thinner part of the atmosphere, or it changed shape) will slow down until it reaches the terminal velocity. Drag depends on the projected area, here represented by the object's cross-section or silhouette in a horizontal plane.

  6. Acceleration - Wikipedia

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    If the speed of the vehicle decreases, this is an acceleration in the opposite direction of the velocity vector (mathematically a negative, if the movement is unidimensional and the velocity is positive), sometimes called deceleration [4] [5] or retardation, and passengers experience the reaction to deceleration as an inertial force pushing ...

  7. Jerk (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Discontinuities in acceleration do not occur in real-world environments because of deformation, quantum mechanics effects, and other causes. However, a jump-discontinuity in acceleration and, accordingly, unbounded jerk are feasible in an idealized setting, such as an idealized point mass moving along a piecewise smooth, whole continuous path ...

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  9. Proper acceleration - Wikipedia

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    This first leg takes about 2 years if the acceleration's magnitude is about 1-gee. It then accelerates downward (first slowing and then speeding up) over twice that period, followed by a 2*c/α upward deceleration to return to the original height. The coordinate acceleration (green) is significant only during the low-speed segments of this voyage.