Gravity for astronauts in orbit | Centripetal force and gravitation | Physics | Khan Academy

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 158

  • @DysfunctionalPolak
    @DysfunctionalPolak 11 років тому +4

    My dreams of being an astronaut have been ruined... I can't stand that feeling in my stomach while falling, let alone feeling it 24/7 when in space.

  • @tysej4
    @tysej4 11 років тому +11

    So Basicly.. Astronauts are in a constant rollecoaster? xD

  • @Darthdeedee91
    @Darthdeedee91 10 років тому +15

    I heard this is how newton pictured gravity, he imagined a cannon shooting a cannon ball...and imagined what if it shot in such a velocity that it would fall according to the curve of the earth, and thought of orbiting planets.

  • @Rahulkannana3rg123
    @Rahulkannana3rg123 9 років тому +15

    Fortunately today i come to know about this site. it is absolutely awesome. As a teacher is very useful to me. Thank you for khan academy.

  • @kiteofdark
    @kiteofdark 10 років тому +17

    Now I know how to play Kerbal Space Program.

  • @austinmccoy9743
    @austinmccoy9743 3 роки тому +2

    Fantastic explanation of how microgravity in orbit works. Though picky me has to say.... it's Vomit COMET, not Rocket.

  • @WGBraves24
    @WGBraves24 13 років тому +2

    @williamhad How I see it, and I might be wrong, nothing is truly "free falling" because something is always orbiting. The moon orbits around the earth, the earth orbits around the sun, the sun orbits about the milky way, and the milky way orbits around another galaxy. Hell, due to the fact that galaxies orbit, they can crash into each other.

  • @lifeokazindagi
    @lifeokazindagi 12 років тому +4

    i always felt it was a zero gravity environment as the name says but never gave a thought into it until watching this video. thanks khan!

  • @Shoyrou
    @Shoyrou 13 років тому +3

    Hahahaha this video reminded me of a time, some years ago, when I asked my father why astronauts "floated", and he said both the astronauts and the shuttle were falling. That made ABSOLUTELY no sense at the time. Now, a couple years later, it's so obvious it makes me laugh at the ingenuous me xD

  • @violinplayer25
    @violinplayer25 12 років тому +3

    so if a person were to detach themselves from whatever tether they are connected to in the space station, would they eventually slow down enough and crash into Earth, or would hey keep on floating forever? ..

  • @markhardy455
    @markhardy455 5 років тому +1

    This instructor does the voice over for many classes. Can’t remember where they were but he is pretty good and easy to follow.

  • @nmkadhim
    @nmkadhim 9 років тому +2

    Thank you I have always wondered about that

  • @Meme6biersack
    @Meme6biersack 8 років тому +7

    THANK YOU

  • @RTRVII
    @RTRVII 13 років тому +2

    isn't the correct explanation that there is centrifugal acceleration working on the astronauts that just balances the gravity force?

  • @95Homemade
    @95Homemade 11 років тому +1

    i love his videos. he makes complicated things look simple

  • @doaamrf4308
    @doaamrf4308 7 років тому +1

    THANK YOU SO MUCH SAL GOD BLESS YOU

  • @hinteregions
    @hinteregions 11 років тому +3

    Plain excellent :)

  • @TheTGJesusfreak
    @TheTGJesusfreak 11 років тому

    I'm taking physics right now so that makes sense to me. However, once you start talking to people, you realize that over simplifying is sometimes better for beginners. I think Sal was explaining it for the more ignorant people. More new to physics than most.

  • @pratikshabhujel8318
    @pratikshabhujel8318 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you sir