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Gravitational fields

Who was the first person to realize that the planets move in elliptical paths around the Sun?

List the four fundamental forces in nature.

An Earth satellite of mass m revolves at a height from the surface of the Earth. If R is the Earth's radius and g is the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the Earth, then the velocity of the satellite is given by:

A satellite is in a low circular orbit about the Earth (i.e., it just skims the surface of the Earth). What is the speed of the satellite? (The mean radius of the Earth is 6.38 x 106 m.)
The innermost moon of Jupiter orbits the planet with a radius of 422 x 103 km and a period of 1.77 days. What is the mass of Jupiter?