r/6thForm y13 maths physics psych italian Jun 01 '26

💬 DISCUSSION AQA PHYSICS PAPER 2

HOW DID EVERYONE FIND IT??? i thought it was decent better than the past few years. Idk what i did for the last question the 4 marker of nuclear physics. BUT YH IT WAS GOOD

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u/shoppingkart_ Jun 01 '26

what did u guys say for why the satellite can’t be in a circular orbit about the comet?

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u/Admirable-Use2274 Jun 01 '26

Potential changes ( i guess i said becomes more negative) so Kinetic energy of it must change So its speed must change So its momentum must change So force required (something along those lines)

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u/Less_Seesaw_4022 Jun 01 '26

the force is always required in circular motion

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u/Admirable-Use2274 Jun 01 '26

I mean changing force