Boston University Physics Applets: Orbits and Periods

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written by Andrew Duffy

This web page is an interactive physics problem on orbits and periods. The user is given an initial orbit, and asked to determine the new distance and velocity of the orbit if the period is doubled. The attached simulation graphically displays the two orbits. This item is part of a collection of similar simulation-based activities developed for students of introductory physics.

http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c17_periods_sim.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Gravity = Orbits	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2002 Andrew Duffy, Boston University
Keywords:: circular orbit, homework problem, orbit, period of revolution, problem
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created April 14, 2008 by Christopher Allen
Record Updated:: August 22, 2008 by Caroline Hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: March 28, 2008
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

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