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I was thinking about Newtons law and come across something interesting. F=ma=GMm/r^2
therefore a=GM/r^2. This is the acceleration of the satellite towards the larger mass. But this acceleration is only accurate assuming that the larger mass is stationary. But f=Ma=GMm/r^2, so there is an acceleration of the larger mass towards the smaller.
Wouldn't the total acceleration or real acceleration be a addition of the two separate accelerations. I know that this is a very small and probably negligible acceleration difference and this has probably already been discussed. Thanks in advance.
therefore a=GM/r^2. This is the acceleration of the satellite towards the larger mass. But this acceleration is only accurate assuming that the larger mass is stationary. But f=Ma=GMm/r^2, so there is an acceleration of the larger mass towards the smaller.
Wouldn't the total acceleration or real acceleration be a addition of the two separate accelerations. I know that this is a very small and probably negligible acceleration difference and this has probably already been discussed. Thanks in advance.