What determines if an object will stay in a planet's orbit?
96744
Under which conditions do two moving bodies start orbiting each other around their center of mass?
124129
Predicting orbital trajectory of an object
22106
Prove that time for planet to fall into the Sun equals $\left( \frac { 1 }{ 4\sqrt { 2 } } \right)$ of the planet's period
103270
Force acting on a simple rigid body in space
38265
Why don't planets have Circular orbits?
158827
Inertial forces and centre of mass
158330
How long must escape velocity be maintained?
106874
Does mass affect speed of orbit at a certain distance?
13223
Is it possible to have things orbit around us?
64664
Will an object resting on a rotating platform move in a frictionless world?
60711
What provides the centrifugal force for planets orbiting a star?
103399
How does orbital math work?
44525
Chosing a reference frame in which the Earth is at rest and doesn't rotate
90510
Why is an object stuck to another?
139610
How did planets have an elliptical orbit in the first place?
72953
How long does an object experience motionlessness at the beginning of its descent?
126110
Do celestial objects experience drag from the near vacuum of space/does the near vacuum have a mean velocity?