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Concept · from MIT 8.01SC Classical Mechanics

Worked Example - Orbital Circular Motion

  • 2 lecture videos
  • 1 problem-solving video
  • 1 problem file
  • No MIT solutions for this topic
About these materials

MIT's own material for this topic, in MIT's order: PS.3.1 Worked Example - Orbital Circular Motion.

Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 8.01SC Classical Mechanics, Fall 2016, Prof. Deepto Chakrabarty, Dr. Peter Dourmashkin, Dr. Michelle Tomasik, Prof. Anna Frebel, Prof. Vladan Vuletic — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Order: the items appear in the order MIT's own session page lists them. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 22, 2026. How RedLectern is built.

MIT's session, in MIT's order

MIT 8.01SC · Week 3: Circular Motion · This session on MIT OpenCourseWare ↗

Worked Example - Orbital Circular Motion – Radius

  1. Worked Example - Orbital Circular Motion – RadiusProblem-solving video · transcript Watch

Orbital Circular Motion - Velocity

  1. Orbital Circular Motion – VelocityLecture video · transcript Watch

Orbital Circular Motion - Period

  1. Orbital Circular Motion – PeriodLecture video · transcript Watch

MIT's problem set

Problem Set 3

MIT places Problem Set 3 at the end of Week 3: Circular Motion; it covers the whole part, not only this topic. Problem Set 3 on MIT OpenCourseWare ↗

MIT publishes no solutions for this problem set.

Where this sits in MIT 8.01SC

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MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Deepto Chakrabarty, Dr. Peter Dourmashkin, Dr. Michelle Tomasik, Prof. Anna Frebel, Prof. Vladan Vuletic, 8.01SC Classical Mechanics, Fall 2016.

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Edition: Fall 2016 · Open the original course on OCW ↗

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