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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: What makes it go Faster & Slower?
« on: Today at 00:30:29 »Why should an object slow down, when it gets further away from a central "attracting" body.No, because it has to give up kinetic energy in exchange for the gravitational potential energy it gains climbing away from the central body. This decrease of KE is exhibited by a loss of speed.
Shouldn't the object go increasingly faster, as it escapes from the "attraction" of the central body?