If you take millions of tons of metal off the earth in the form of satellites therefore reducing earth's specific mass, would this in turn affect the earth's orbit around the sun?

The average surface temperature of the Earth as a result of it bathed by sunlight can be calculated by assuming that both the Earth and the Sun are blackbodies and...

We know because of all the data collected by scientist and satellites. But there are some observations you can do to determine for yourself what orbits what. 1 / Let's...

No scientist seriously doubts the heliocentric theory, indeed evidence of it is available to anyone with a decent phone or very modest telescope and a few clear nights to observe...

The Earth's tilt axis , or obliquity, is changing continuously over a 41,000 year cycle. The angle of tilt varies between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees. It is currently at 23.44...

Kepler's laws state that a planet's orbit is an ellipse, it sweeps out an equal area per unit of time. The third law $p^2=a^3$ relates period to semi major axis...

Keplers third law. The ratio of square of periods of two planets equal to ratio of cubes of their average distance from Sun.

Keplers third law explains the relation between distances and speed. More distance from center speed is less. P^2 is proportional to A ^3.

We call this a geostationary orbit. Satellites in geostationary orbits are used in telecommunications, weather, and environmental studies. By staying over one point on Earth they can establish permanent rather...

NASA has developed Earth-orbiting satellites for NOAA, two of which are Advanced Television Infrared Observation Satellites in polar orbits (inclination = 98.730 degrees) for tracking atmospheric and weather conditions. In...

To do this problem, you need the $R = 6371 km$ For the satellite to be in a stable orbit at a height, h, its centripetal acceleration $V^2/(R + h)$...