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Nishantkumar19
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Let's say an object is falling towards Earth from a long distance away. As it gets closer and closer, the acceleration would increase, inversely proportional to the distance squared.
Is there any way I can graph this on an acceleration/time graph, or a distance/time graph?
The challenge is that the acceleration is dependent on distance from the centre of gravity, but to be able to find that distance at any given time, I first need to know the acceleration, so that I can double-integrate it.
Here's what I've already got:
If I know the acceleration is mG/D2 (assuming D to be distance), and I know that acceleration is the double-differential of distance, I can get:
D ' ' = mG/D2
To keep things simple, I'm going to assume mG to be 1:
D ' ' = 1/D2
But I'm not sure where to go from there, or if I'm even on the right track.
Is there any way I can graph this on an acceleration/time graph, or a distance/time graph?
The challenge is that the acceleration is dependent on distance from the centre of gravity, but to be able to find that distance at any given time, I first need to know the acceleration, so that I can double-integrate it.
Here's what I've already got:
If I know the acceleration is mG/D2 (assuming D to be distance), and I know that acceleration is the double-differential of distance, I can get:
D ' ' = mG/D2
To keep things simple, I'm going to assume mG to be 1:
D ' ' = 1/D2
But I'm not sure where to go from there, or if I'm even on the right track.