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I mean the centripetal force.
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So therefore, you can write that as
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you find the answer is then minus the potential energy over 2.
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Oh, I'm sorry--potential energy over 2,
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or minus the kinetic energy.
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In other words, if you combine these two terms,
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you get - G·M·m / 2·r.
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So, for a particle in a circular orbit,
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the kinetic energy is exactly half the magnitude of the potential energy
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and the total energy is negative.
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Okay, so I want to close with one very important result.
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So, whenever you see a celestial body --