Contributor SpaceMath@NASA

Update
10-01-2015
Content Type
Activity
Grade Level
Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
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This activity explains that the orbit of a spacecraft as it undergoes constant acceleration is a spiral path and shows how that path can be calculated using calculus. Students use mathematics to find the length of the orbit and approximate the speed it travels.