Saturday, June 25, 2016

May The Issue Rest

If in circular motion the momentum of a particle is adjusted by \(2\pi\),

\(mv\rightarrow 2\pi mv\)

then the kinetic energy of the particle,

\(\cfrac{1}{2}mv^2\rightarrow \cfrac{1}{2}m(2\pi v)^2\)

\(KE\rightarrow 4\pi^2KE\)

is adjusted by a factor \(4\pi^2\approx 39.478\), and

\(\cfrac{1}{2}mv^2\rightarrow \cfrac{1}{2}(4\pi^2m)v^2\)

\(m\rightarrow4\pi^2m \)

\(m_{or}=4\pi^2m_r\)

This could account for the difference between "rest" mass, \(m_r\) and the mass of a particle in orbit around another, \(m_{or}\).