Suppose that a space station is in orbit around the earth and two astronauts on the station toss a ball back and forth. They observe that the ball appears to travel between them in a straight line at constant velocity.
(a) Write Newton’s second law for the ball as it travels between the astronauts in terms of a nonrotating coordinate system with its origin fixed to the station. What is the term ∑F? Use the equation you wrote to explain the behavior of the ball observed by the astronauts.
(b) Write Newton’s second law for the ball as it travels between the astronauts in terms of a nonrotating coordinate system with its origin fixed to the center of the earth. What is the term ∑F? Explain the difference between this equation arid the one you obtained in part (a).
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