Velocity: Difference between revisions

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 * One ship chases the other ship
-The transversal velocity is computed by subtracting the two velocity vectors (i.e. both magnitude and direction) from one another, and then finding the length of the vector. This differs from angular velocity (below) in that it is not affected by the distance between both objects.
+The transversal velocity is computed by subtracting the radial vector from the velocity vector (i.e. both magnitude and direction), and then finding the length of the resulting vector. In other words,
+:<math>\displaystyle\text{Transversal velocity} = \text{Velocity} - \text{Radial velocity}</math>
+This differs from angular velocity (below) in that it is not affected by the distance between both objects.
 == Angular Velocity ==