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The speed of something orbiting another body can be calculated from the mean altitude of the orbit and the mean radius and the mass of the body.
The distance to an interplanetary probe can be calculated from the time elapsed from the sending of a communication signal to the probe until receipt of acknowledgement of the signal from the probe. The speed of the probe can be calculated by doing that twice.
The rate at which time passes for an object in space can be calculated from the speed of the object.
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Is Speed is measured in meters?
Speed is distance divided by time. So : you could have meters per second, or meters per hour, etc.
How do you calculate speed and distance in space?
The answer depends on what information, if any, you have. If your question is in the context of space walks near earth-orbiting stations, you could have gyroscopes that measures your movement. Distance is easily measured, especially with laser range-finders, Change in distance is velocity and so on.
What does a horizontal slope of a distance versus time graph indicate about an objects motion?
It is a measure of speed of the object, but only in the radial direction: that is, towards or away from the point from which distance is measured. The object could be going around that point in circular motion and the graph would show absolutely nothing.
How can you determine the speed of an object that has constant motion if you have a distance vs time graph of the motion?
If constant motion means constant velocity then, total distance / total time = avg velocity => avg speed constant velocity => avg velocity = velocity
Can you calculate speed from a motion graph?
If you graph distance vs. time, the slope of the line will be the average speed.
How can you explain an object's motion using time and distance?
An objects speed or motion is measured by distance divided by time.
What is speed measured as?
speed over distance or speed/Distance.
How is speed measured?
Speed is measured by calculating the distance you have gone and how long it took you to get there. speed = distance over time
Which two factors determine speed of motion?
Speed of motion is determined by time and distance.
What is the rate of motion over distance?
speed
What is the difference between energy and powe and how are they measured?
Power is energy / time, energy is power x time.This is similar to the distinction between distance and speed: speed = distance / time; at constant speed, distance = speed x time.Enery is measured in Joules, power is measured in Joules / second, a.k.a. "Watts".
What is speed of motion?
The average speed of motion is when speed is changing. Speed equals total distance divided by total travel time. Velocity is the speed and direction of an object's motion.
Motion is measured in terms of?
distance covered per unit time. Motion has direction and magnitude. The magnitude might also be known as speed: meters/second, kilometers/hour feet/second, miles/hour
What can speed be measured by?
it can be measured by distance covered and time taken. Speedometer is a device to measure the speed Average Speed = total distance/ total time; speedometers use other correlates to estimate instantaneous speed.
Is speed a concrete noun?
Yes, the noun speed is concretenoun; a word for motion that can be physically measured.
What is measured as distance traveled over time?
speed
What is the rate of motion?
The rate of motion is Speed. (V=distance divided by time).
