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  2. Gravitational time dilation - Wikipedia

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    Gravitational time dilation is a form of time dilation, an actual difference of elapsed time between two events, as measured by observers situated at varying distances from a gravitating mass. The lower the gravitational potential (the closer the clock is to the source of gravitation), the slower time passes, speeding up as the gravitational ...

  3. Diósi–Penrose model - Wikipedia

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    One can then understand from Eq. and in which sense the model is gravity-related: the coupling constant between the system and the noise is proportional to the gravitational constant , and the spatial correlation of the noise field (,) has the typical form of a Newtonian potential. Similarly to other collapse models, the Diósi–Penrose model ...

  4. Gravitational energy - Wikipedia

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    For two pairwise interacting point particles, the gravitational potential energy is the work that an outside agent must do in order to quasi-statically bring the masses together (which is therefore, exactly opposite the work done by the gravitational field on the masses): = = where is the displacement vector of the mass, is gravitational force acting on it and denotes scalar product.

  5. Work (physics) - Wikipedia

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    This also means the constraint forces do not add to the instantaneous power.) The time integral of this scalar equation yields work from the instantaneous power, and kinetic energy from the scalar product of acceleration with velocity. The fact that the workenergy principle eliminates the constraint forces underlies Lagrangian mechanics. [28]

  6. Gravitoelectromagnetism - Wikipedia

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    Diagram regarding the confirmation of gravitomagnetism by Gravity Probe B. Gravitoelectromagnetism, abbreviated GEM, refers to a set of formal analogies between the equations for electromagnetism and relativistic gravitation; specifically: between Maxwell's field equations and an approximation, valid under certain conditions, to the Einstein field equations for general relativity.

  7. Orbital mechanics - Wikipedia

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    A bi-elliptic transfer can require less energy than the Hohmann transfer, if the ratio of orbits is 11.94 or greater, [5] but comes at the cost of increased trip time over the Hohmann transfer. Faster transfers may use any orbit that intersects both the original and destination orbits, at the cost of higher delta-v.

  8. Classical central-force problem - Wikipedia

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    Adopting the radial distance r and the azimuthal angle φ as the coordinates, the Hamilton-Jacobi equation for a central-force problem can be written + + = where S = S φ (φ) + S r (r) − E tot t is Hamilton's principal function, and E tot and t represent the total energy and time, respectively. This equation may be solved by successive ...

  9. Specific orbital energy - Wikipedia

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    Then the time-rate of change of the specific energy of the rocket is : an amount () for the kinetic energy and an amount for the potential energy. The change of the specific energy of the rocket per unit change of delta-v is v ⋅ a | a | {\displaystyle {\frac {\mathbf {v\cdot a} }{|\mathbf {a} |}}} which is | v | times the cosine of the angle ...