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ERIC Number: EJ522116
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0031-921X
Signals from Communications Satellites.
Thomsen, Volker
Physics Teacher, v34 n4 p218-19 Apr 1996
Discusses the Doppler effect for relative motion between a source of waves and an observer and the orbital dynamics of communications satellites. Presents preliminary calculations of the satellite's altitude and linear velocity using only the concepts of the Doppler shift and the mechanics of motion in a circular path. (JRH)
Descriptors: Acoustics, Communications, Communications Satellites, Mechanics (Physics), Physics, Secondary Education, Waves (Physics)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Doppler Effect